# Reservation Dogs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [August 11, 2021, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reservation-dogs/948461 "2021-08-11T16:47:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 32
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reservation-dogs/948461/32 "2023-09-07T17:19:58Z")
I’m just now learning that’s an actual term. I thought it was just a Tarantino pun. > **[Rez dog](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rez_dog)** > > Rez dog (short for reservation dog) is usually a term for outdoor, stray, and feral dogs living on Indian reservations in the United States and Indian reserves in Canada. The term has taken on many connotations, and has to some extent become an emblem of and metaphor for reservations, reservation life, and Native Americans in general. For example, a "rez dog" may refer to a Native American resident of a reservation. > The distinction between a reservation dog and American dogs in general is often ... --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reservation-dogs/948461)._