Amy Held

Now I'm on the hunt.

Jenna Lewis says she drove nearly a half hour to the Tulalip Reservation north of Seattle to save 55 cents a gallon.

It's worth it to fill up once a week.

That'll get me through the week.

It's one of hundreds of reservation gas stations across the U.S., with many offering some of the cheapest fuel prices because they're not subject to state taxes.

Those range from $0.09 a gallon in Alaska to as high as $0.71 in California, across the 35 states with federally recognized Native American tribes.

Now gas apps are sending more bargain hunters to their pumps.

Amy Held, NPR News.

Gas is ridiculous.

Janelle Lewis of Snohomish County, Washington, has been spending about $150 to fill up her Suburban.

Now she's driving it 25 minutes out of her way to the Tulalip Reservation.

There, gas is about 10% cheaper.

It's worth it to fill up once a week.

There are hundreds of tribally owned gas stations, by and large exempt from paying state fuel taxes, savings they can pass on.

The gas stations also provide revenue for reservations to reinvest in their communities, concentrated in western states where the priciest gas in the U.S.

is found.

For Lewis, finding it at $4.85 a gallon on the reservation has been a boon.

That'll get me through the week.

Amy Held, NPR News.

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