Fort Mojave Indian Reservation
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 1,100 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 United States ( Arizona,  California,  Nevada) |
|
| Languages | |
| English, Mojave |
The Fort Mojave Indian Reservation is an Indian reservation along the Colorado River, currently encompassing 23,669 acres (95.79 km2) in Arizona, 12,633 acres (51.12 km2) in California, and 5,582 acres (22.59 km2) in Nevada. Originally established in 1870, the reservation is home to approximately 1,100 members of the federally recognized Mohave Tribe of Native Americans.
Unlike the percentage of occupancy of many other Indian reservations in Arizona, Native Americans occupy less than 50% of the Mojave reservation. The Mohave people have leased much of their land to cotton, corn, and soybean farming companies, which employ a large population of resident white people and Mexican Americans.
The site of the former Fort Mohave, used from 1890 to the 1930s as a boarding school, and the eastern terminus of the Mojave Road are situated within the present-day Fort Mojave Indian Reservation.
The Fort Mojave Indian Reservation was established in 1870 more than a decade after the US Army defeated the Mohave people and hostilities were ended. This area was occupied for thousands of years by succeeding cultures of indigenous peoples. The property covers areas along the Colorado River of the three adjacent states of Arizona, California, and Nevada. It also is sporadically traversed by the Mojave River in California.
In 1890 Fort Mohave, located within reservation boundaries, was transferred by the War Department to the Office of Indian Affairs. For decades until the early 1930s, it operated an Indian boarding school for Native American students from the Mohave and other tribes, as part of efforts to assimilate youth to the mainstream culture. They were forced to speak English and practice Christianity while at the school. The property was transferred to the reservation in 1935. It has allowed the buildings to deteriorate, as they were symbolic of a painful period in relations with the US.
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