@admitsWrongIfProven @lunch “reservation” is an artifact of that awkward nation-within-a-nation status. it is not a location of confinement. it reflects a continuing aspiration, in theory backed by legal force, to a degree of self determination and autonomy that is often bitterly unmet in practice. nevertheless, no individual is detained on a reservation. only a desire to maintain + live among a distinct community, or the pull of history and family, might bind a person there.