New Mexico Indian Reservations

Reservation: Jicarilla Apache
Tribes: Jicarilla Apache
Acres: 286,400
Established by: Executive orders, Mar. 25, 1874, July 18.1876, Sept. 21,1880, May 15, 1884, and Feb. 11, 1687. 1 29,313.35 acres were allotted to 843 Indians, and 280.44 acres reserved for mission, school, and agency purposes. The residue, 268,400 acres, unallotted. Lands now in process of allotment.

Reservation: Mescalero Apache
Tribes: Mescaleros, Mimbreñps, Lipan
Acres: 474,240
Established by: Executive orders, May 29, 1873, Feb. 2, 1874, Oct. 20, 1875, May 19, 1882, and Mar. 24, 1883.

Reservation: Jemez
Tribes: Pueblos
Acres: 17,510
Established by: Confirmed by United States patents in 1864, under old Spanish grants; acts of  Congress approved Dec. 22, 1858 (xi, 374), and June 21, 1860 (XII, 71: see Gen. Land Off. Rep. for 1876, P. 242, and for 1880, p. 658) Executive orders of June 13 and Sept. 4, 1902, setting apart additional lands for San Felipe and Nambe Pueblos and Executive order of July 29, 1905, setting apart additional lands for Santa Clara Pueblo.

Reservation: San Juan
Tribes: Pueblos
Acres: 17,545
Established by: Confirmed by United States patents in 1864, under old Spanish grants; acts of  Congress approved Dec. 22, 1858 (xi, 374), and June 21, 1860 (XII, 71: see Gen. Land Off. Rep. for 1876, P. 242, and for 1880, p. 658) Executive orders of June 13 and Sept. 4, 1902, setting apart additional lands for San Felipe and Nambe Pueblos and Executive order of July 29, 1905, setting apart additional lands for Santa Clara Pueblo.

Reservation: Picuris
Tribes: Pueblos
Acres: 17,461
Established by: Confirmed by United States patents in 1864, under old Spanish grants; acts of  Congress approved Dec. 22, 1858 (xi, 374), and June 21, 1860 (XII, 71: see Gen. Land Off. Rep. for 1876, P. 242, and for 1880, p. 658) Executive orders of June 13 and Sept. 4, 1902, setting apart additional lands for San Felipe and Nambe Pueblos and Executive order of July 29, 1905, setting apart additional lands for Santa Clara Pueblo.

Reservation: Pecos (extinct)
Tribes: Pueblos
Acres: 18,763
Established by: Confirmed by United States patents in 1864, under old Spanish grants; acts of  Congress approved Dec. 22, 1858 (xi, 374), and June 21, 1860 (XII, 71: see Gen. Land Off. Rep. for 1876, P. 242, and for 1880, p. 658) Executive orders of June 13 and Sept. 4, 1902, setting apart additional lands for San Felipe and Nambe Pueblos and Executive order of July 29, 1905, setting apart additional lands for Santa Clara Pueblo.

Reservation: Cochiti
Tribes: Pueblos
Acres: 24,256
Established by: Confirmed by United States patents in 1864, under old Spanish grants; acts of  Congress approved Dec. 22, 1858 (xi, 374), and June 21, 1860 (XII, 71: see Gen. Land Off. Rep. for 1876, P. 242, and for 1880, p. 658) Executive orders of June 13 and Sept. 4, 1902, setting apart additional lands for San Felipe and Nambe Pueblos and Executive order of July 29, 1905, setting apart additional lands for Santa Clara Pueblo.

Reservation: Taos
Tribes: Pueblos
Acres: 17,361
Established by: Confirmed by United States patents in 1864, under old Spanish grants; acts of  Congress approved Dec. 22, 1858 (xi, 374), and June 21, 1860 (XII, 71: see Gen. Land Off. Rep. for 1876, P. 242, and for 1880, p. 658) Executive orders of June 13 and Sept. 4, 1902, setting apart additional lands for San Felipe and Nambe Pueblos and Executive order of July 29, 1905, setting apart additional lands for Santa Clara Pueblo.

Reservation: Santa Clara
Tribes: Pueblos
Acres: 49,369
Established by: Confirmed by United States patents in 1864, under old Spanish grants; acts of  Congress approved Dec. 22, 1858 (xi, 374), and June 21, 1860 (XII, 71: see Gen. Land Off. Rep. for 1876, P. 242, and for 1880, p. 658) Executive orders of June 13 and Sept. 4, 1902, setting apart additional lands for San Felipe and Nambe Pueblos and Executive order of July 29, 1905, setting apart additional lands for Santa Clara Pueblo.

Reservation: San Ildefono
Tribes: Pueblos
Acres: 17,293
Established by: Confirmed by United States patents in 1864, under old Spanish grants; acts of  Congress approved Dec. 22, 1858 (xi, 374), and June 21, 1860 (XII, 71: see Gen. Land Off. Rep. for 1876, P. 242, and for 1880, p. 658) Executive orders of June 13 and Sept. 4, 1902, setting apart additional lands for San Felipe and Nambe Pueblos and Executive order of July 29, 1905, setting apart additional lands for Santa Clara Pueblo.

Reservation: Pojoaque (extinct)
Tribes: Pueblos
Acres: 13,520
Established by: Confirmed by United States patents in 1864, under old Spanish grants; acts of  Congress approved Dec. 22, 1858 (xi, 374), and June 21, 1860 (XII, 71: see Gen. Land Off. Rep. for 1876, P. 242, and for 1880, p. 658) Executive orders of June 13 and Sept. 4, 1902, setting apart additional lands for San Felipe and Nambe Pueblos and Executive order of July 29, 1905, setting apart additional lands for Santa Clara Pueblo.

Reservation: Sandia
Tribes: Pueblos
Acres: 24,187
Established by: Confirmed by United States patents in 1864, under old Spanish grants; acts of  Congress approved Dec. 22, 1858 (xi, 374), and June 21, 1860 (XII, 71: see Gen. Land Off. Rep. for 1876, P. 242, and for 1880, p. 658) Executive orders of June 13 and Sept. 4, 1902, setting apart additional lands for San Felipe and Nambe Pueblos and Executive order of July 29, 1905, setting apart additional lands for Santa Clara Pueblo.

Reservation: Isleta
Tribes: Pueblos
Acres: 110,080
Established by: Confirmed by United States patents in 1864, under old Spanish grants; acts of  Congress approved Dec. 22, 1858 (xi, 374), and June 21, 1860 (XII, 71: see Gen. Land Off. Rep. for 1876, P. 242, and for 1880, p. 658) Executive orders of June 13 and Sept. 4, 1902, setting apart additional lands for San Felipe and Nambe Pueblos and Executive order of July 29, 1905, setting apart additional lands for Santa Clara Pueblo.

Reservation: Laguna
Tribes: Pueblos
Acres: 125,225
Established by: Confirmed by United States patents in 1864, under old Spanish grants; acts of  Congress approved Dec. 22, 1858 (xi, 374), and June 21, 1860 (XII, 71: see Gen. Land Off. Rep. for 1876, P. 242, and for 1880, p. 658) Executive orders of June 13 and Sept. 4, 1902, setting apart additional lands for San Felipe and Nambe Pueblos and Executive order of July 29, 1905, setting apart additional lands for Santa Clara Pueblo.

Reservation: Santa Ana
Tribes: Pueblos
Acres: 17,361
Established by: Confirmed by United States patents in 1864, under old Spanish grants; acts of  Congress approved Dec. 22, 1858 (xi, 374), and June 21, 1860 (XII, 71: see Gen. Land Off. Rep. for 1876, P. 242, and for 1880, p. 658) Executive orders of June 13 and Sept. 4, 1902, setting apart additional lands for San Felipe and Nambe Pueblos and Executive order of July 29, 1905, setting apart additional lands for Santa Clara Pueblo.

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Source: The Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, Frederick Webb Hodge. 1906, Bureau of American Ethnology, Government Printing Office.

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