News and stories that create meaning and context for the data housed on the Native Land Information System.
David Bartecchi, Director of Village Earth and its Native Lands Advocacy Project (NLAP), had the honor to present the project’s
By Aude K. Chesnais “At a time where climate planning becomes urgent and global attention is increasing on the ecological
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
The Pine Ridge Land Information System (PRLIS) is a web-based land information system designed to assist members of the Oglala Sioux Tribe to access information about their lands and resources. The PRLIS was developed Village Earth (a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit in partnership with the Oglala Sioux Tribe Land Office and made possible with support from the Indian Land Tenure Foundation.
Today, the Native Land Information System launched a new interactive data visualization of US Hazardous Liquids Spills from 2010 to
Today, the US Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) holds 66 million acres of lands in trust for various Indian tribes
Increasing the proportion of women in agriculture has been a longstanding goal of agencies like USDA, FSA and programs like
Data from the USDA Census of Agriculture for American Indian reservations demonstrates that Native Americans are not the primary beneficiaries of their lands and resources in South Dakota.
View the Top 10 ranked lands of the Food System Transition Index, a first-of-its-kind tool specifically designed for U.S. Native lands.
The Food System Transition Index compiles key indicators inherent to a healthy food system from a holistic indigenous approach.
