Well, reservation is actually what the US Military called their military outposts. So, its a pretty unoffensive term and I have never heard anyone on the reser

Well, reservation is actually what the US Military called their military outposts. So, its a pretty unoffensive term and I have never heard anyone on the reservation call it such. Although the current term that seems to be going around is "Nation". I would guess either from the first nations in Canada or the Navajo. Heck, the phrase "off the reservation" is often used in spy movies. Speaking of Canada. They call their's "reserves" which almost got me into a fight in Canada when someone asked the Dakota I was traveling with "what reserve are you from?". He took it, uhm, poorly. It took some fast talking to calm him down. He did not come away with a good impression of Canada although winning at the track later in the day put a positive note on our travels.