News and stories that create meaning and context for the data housed on the Native Land Information System.
By Raven McMullin According to the NLIS’s National Land Cover Database dashboard, in 2019, there were approximately 16 million acres
Esri Landsat Explorer app provides the power of Landsat satellites, which gather data beyond what the eye can see. Use this app to draw on Landsat’s different bands to better explore the planet’s geology, vegetation, agriculture, and cities. Additionally, access Landsat imagery from the last forty years to visualize how the Earth’s surface has changed over time.
By Aliyah Keuthan Nestled in the hills, meadows, marshes, and forests, between the Ohio and Mississippi River systems and the
By Raven McMullin Since the inception of the Native Lands Advocacy Project (NLAP), we have been committed to compiling publicly
By Evelyn Red Lodge Sicangu Lakota (Rosebud Sioux Tribe Member) Given history, it is not surprising that non-Natives collect 87% of the
About this Dashboard This data dashboard presents data from the 2007, 2012 and 2017 USDA Census of Agriculture for American Indian
By Aude K. Chesnais Introduction: Lending and Debt on US Native Land In 2018, the Keepseagle settlement shed light on
Bison numbers increased by a whopping 1031% between 2012 and 2017 on Native American Lands. This increase far outpaces the increase in the number of bison nationally which was only 13.36%.
This is according to data from Census of Agriculture for American Indian Reservations in a newly compiled data dashboard developed by the Native Land Information System. According to the data, the bison population on native-operated farms increased over 10 fold from 308 to 3486 heads.
According to the most recent 2017 data from the USDA Census of Agriculture for American Indian Reservations 86.33% of harvested
