OUR FUTURE IS IN OUR LANDS
Welcome to the Native Land Information System (NLIS), a repository of learning resources, information, and data to help defend and protect Native lands for the benefit of Native peoples.
What's New on the NLIS?
Elements of the Native Land Information System
Dashboards
Our interactive dashboards make it possible to filter, compare, and explore the data, making complex data understandable.
Maps
Maps allow you to visually explore & interact with various data layers across a landscape.
Interactive Storymaps
Storymaps and other digital storytelling tools help put the data into context and create meaning to inspire action.
Raw Data Portal
Get involved in Native land advocacy by accessing the raw data behind our dashboards and maps to do your own analysis.
Data Portals
Curated collections of narrative storymaps, dashboards, maps, and other content that presents the data wrapped in context or into actionable hubs for thematic planning.
More News and Information
Announcing Our New Storymap: The Buffalo’s Resilience in the Face of Settler Colonialism
As Native nations reintroduce buffalo to the lands they’ve stewarded since time immemorial, their lands, ecosystems, and communities heal.
Check Out These Data Tools for Native Farmers & Ranchers
Native farmers and ranchers are major contributors to their reservation economies, food systems, and land stewardship. Recognizing this, NLAP has created dedicated pages of Data Tools for Native Farmers and Data Tools for Native Ranchers. Read more about these pages here.
Honoring David Bartecchi
Today and every day, we honor the memory of David Bartecchi: a beloved husband and father, an esteemed member of his community, and a good
Creating a Historic Loss Assessment, Part 1: Native history and land dispossession
By calculating land dispossession, this report seeks to not only identify what has been taken from Native peoples but also how this theft became the original source of capital that built Colorado and the West.
