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New to the NLIS? Start here!
The Native Lands Advocacy Project (NLAP) compiles, consolidates, and visualizes data resources to support sovereign, sustainable, Native-led land planning and protection.
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Reservation Croplands: How Native Farmers and Ranchers Can Leverage the USDA’s Cropland Data Layer for Land Planning
In 2022, there were about 110 million acres of cropland (5.7%) on Native American reservations (including on-reservation and off-reservation trust lands). What are these croplands and land covers? How have they changed over time? Why does this data matter?
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Explore the Data from the 2012 & 2017 USDA Census of Agriculture for American Indian Reservations
The Census of Agriculture is the most complete source of data on agricultural producers and farms on American Indian Reservations.