NLAP Will Be Presenting New ARMP & IRMP Data Portal at the 35th Annual Intertribal Agriculture Council Conference December 6-8
The Native Lands Advocacy Project (NLAP) will be attending the Intertribal Agriculture Council’s 35th Annual Conference next week, December 6th – 8th, at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas. We will be presenting our new ARMP-IRMP Planning Portal, a tool designed to help tribes develop Agricultural and Integrated Resource Management Plans. These plans are powerful tools for […]
Announcing Our New Storymap: The Legacy of Allotment on Contemporary Native Agriculture
What did early reservation agriculture look like? What is the settler colonial myth, and how has it distorted the perception of Native agriculture? What is the historical legacy of allotment? How are Native communities actively resisting and healing from this legacy? The Native Lands Advocacy Project is thrilled to announce our newest storymap: The Legacy of […]
Rivers of Broken Promises: An Exploration of the Water Challenges Faced by Lakota Communities
This blog is the first of two posts analyzing the challenges Native communities face in accessing clean, sustainable water.
NLAP Welcomes Three New Members to the Team!
The Native Lands Advocacy Project is pleased to announce Chase Christopherson, Emma Scheerer, and Seanna Pieper-Jordan to the team! Chase will be working as NLAP’s Agriculture and Natural Resource Specialist, assisting the team through outreach to Tribes and Native organizations and the development of interactive planning and decision support tools on the NLIS website. Emma and […]
Wolf and First Man: An Anishinaabe Story of Companionship and Protection Amid the Growing Threats of Poachers and Habitat Loss
By Aliyah Keuthan Far back into the collective memory of the Ojibwe people is the Anishinaabeg origin story, Ma’iingan (Wolf) and First Man. Wanawaantanegiizhik, John Johnson Sr., a member of the Makwa (Bear) Clan, grandson of Chief Big George Sky, and President of the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe, recently shared this […]
Announcing Update to our Cropland Data Layer Dashboard!
Our “What’s Growing on Native Lands?” Dashboard is now updated with the 2021 data from the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Cropland Data Layer, making our dashboard a more timely resource for Native land caretakers to use in monitoring the status of their homelands! According to the the USDA, the Cropland Data Layer (CDL) is […]
New Updates to our SSURGO (Soil Survey) Dashboard!
We have compiled and uploaded the most recent data from the 2021 Soil Survey Geographic Database (SSURGO) into our “Soil Capability on CONUS Native Lands” Dashboard! According to the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), The SSURGO database provides the most detailed level of information and was designed primarily for farm and ranch, landowner/user, township, county, […]
Announcing Our New “Preserving Intact Habitat on Native Lands” Storymap!
What is intact habitat, and why is it important? How has preserving intact habitat been the key to addressing tribal priorities? What resource tools exist for tribes to utilize in their own intact habitat planning? To help answer these questions and more, NLAP is happy to announce our new storymap, Preserving Intact Habitat on US […]
Announcing New Updates to Our National Land Cover Database Dashboard!
By Raven McMullin // April 18, 2022 NLAP remains committed to making available to Tribes, Native organizations, and land caretakers the most relevant and current data critical for Native land planning and research. In furtherance of this commitment, we are excited to announce new updates to our National Land Cover Database Dashboard (NLCD) along with a […]
NLAP Welcomes Phoebe Bauer to the Team
The Native Lands Advocacy Project is pleased to announce Phoebe Bauer as our new Data Visualization Intern! Phoebe will be helping us craft compelling visualizations for the data housed on the Native Land Information System by developing online maps, data dashboards, and other graphics for our website, blog, and interactive story maps. Welcome aboard, Phoebe! […]
New Tool for Native Land Caretakers: The Rangeland Analysis Platform (RAP)
According to the NLIS’s National Land Cover Database dashboard, in 2019, there were approximately 26 million acres of rangeland within Native American reservations and off-reservation trust lands. Now, say that you are a Tribal natural resource manager, an established rancher, or land owner—it is no secret that adequately monitoring this vast land base, whether owner-managed […]
NLAP Welcomes Cetan Christensen
The Native Lands Advocacy Project is pleased to welcome Cetan Christensen to our team as data Researcher! Cetan will be working with our team to develop maps and data tools to assist Tribes across the country with the development implementation of Agriculture Resources Management Plans and Integrated Resources Management plans. Cetan is a researcher who […]