In Coulee Dam, the Columbia River also serves as a reservation border within the town limits.

Traders immediately established a post near the reservation border and started selling alcohol, and most of their customers came from the nearby reservation.

Most Indians opposed the project, while local non-Indians supported it, especially those who had established themselves within the reservation borders.

The Tribal Government has control over most activities inside of the reservation borders.

The Hopi and Navajo in Arizona continue to fight over reservation borders that were changed to help coal companies mine Indian lands.

Only the federal government had jurisdiction within reservation borders, but in other parts of the state, officials believed they had authority to regulate Native Americans as well as non-Native Americans.

The lack of disposable income of residents, furthermore, leaves reservation businesses with a limited customer base, while the shortcomings of telecommunications technologies can prevent expansion beyond reservation borders.

Along the reservation border, the road passes under Nikesite Road before coming into Summit, where there is an overpass that serves as an animal crossing.

Environmentalist say they have also been disappointed by the government's reluctance to approve demarcation of Indian reservation borders, which often serve as buffers to predatory development in the Amazon.

Migrant workers seeking gold had crossed the reservation borders, in violation of the treaty.