Keystone Data Tools for Native Land Planning: View the webinar recordings & share your feedback
This month, the Native Lands Advocacy Project (NLAP) wrapped up our webinar series: Keystone Data Tools for Native Land Planning. These webinars introduced attendees to three foundational datasets that Native Nations & citizens can use to make informed, sovereign decisions for their futures: The USDA Census of Agriculture for American Indian Reservations The National Land […]
Creating a Historic Loss Assessment, Part 2: Loss of life and Extraction of minerals
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.
Empowering Tribal Climate Adaptation Through Data
Learn more about the first-of-its-kind Climate Data Portal for US Native Lands—designed to strategically support tribal climate planning.
Introducing the Climate Data Portal for U.S. Native Lands
The Native Lands Advocacy Project (NLAP) is thrilled to announce the launch of our Climate Data Portal for U.S. Native Lands! Developed with funding from the Native American Agriculture Fund, this portal is the result of our dedicated GIS team’s efforts to create & consolidate relevant climate-related data tools into one living resource. NLAP acknowledges […]
Energy Access Viewer
Explore detailed data on power plant emissions, energy generation, and infrastructure with our interactive dashboard. Specifically designed for US Native Lands, it provides insights into environmental impacts and energy dynamics in these regions.
Culvert Condition Viewer
Explore Tribal Lands in the lower 48 states with this interactive map, showcasing culvert conditions and National Bridge Inventory (NBI) ratings to support environmental analysis and decision-making.
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.
Tree Canopy Coverage Viewer
This viewer shows the canopy cover percentages in 2021 and changes in proportion of land surface covered by trees in the native lands across the United States.
Elevation Profile Explorer
Welcome to the Elevation Profile Explorer, a powerful tool designed to help you understand the terrain and elevation changes across Native lands in the United States.
SSURGO Soil Classification Viewer for US Native Lands
This map shows the canopy cover percentages and land cover types on Reservations and USFS lands.
Introducing the Historic Loss Assessment: Articulating lost lives, land, and resources for the Native Nations in your state
While much of settler colonialism’s harm to Native Nations is unquantifiable, assessments like this provide data that helps tell those Nation’s stories.
Soil Salinity in U.S. Native Lands
This map displays soil salinity data layers derived from the Harmonized World Soil Database (HWSD) Global Soil Quality – Constraints due to Excess Salts (HWSD Excess Salts). This Soil Salinity data on US Native Lands is presented here as a potential resource for Tribes to use in natural resource and climate adaptation assessment and planning.
