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Spirit Lake Reservation in North Dakota and Lake Traverse Reservation, which is mostly in South Dakota but extends into North Dakota, are Dakota Sioux reservations. Their stories illustrate why reservations were created originally with the intent to assimilate natives into mainstream society, but persist as vital places to preserve native culture and traditions and to enable self-determination.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has ruled that parcels of reservation land owned by American Indians are not subject to state taxation, even though they were subject to state taxation when previously owned by non-Indians.