Reservations are sovereign Native American territories within the United States that are managed by a tribal government in cooperation with the federal Bureau of Indian Affairsa branch of the Department of the Interiorlocated in Washington, DC. There are reservations in the United States today. Monney vary drastically in their size, population, political economy, culture and traditions. Despite such variation, all reservations share similar histories of colonization, and face similar contemporary challenges. One of these challenges is poverty. Inthe poverty rate on reservations was The official poverty rate on reservations is About 36 percent of families with children are below the poverty line on reservations, compared with 9. Income levels on some reservations are extremely low.