Native-Land.ca is a resource to help North Americans learn more about their local history. This site allows you to search Indigenous cultures and tribal
lands near a specific area or select information by territories, languages, and or treaties. This map does not represent a specific time period, make territorial
claims, or serve as an academic source.
According to the 2010 US Census, approximately 5.2 million self-identified American Indian/Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) live in the U.S., of whom 2 million qualify for federal services.
“A lot of the time, Urban Indians are thought of as absent of culture because we live in concrete jungles surrounded by settler and pop culture. Many believe we don’t even have land to practice our traditional harvesting and ceremonies, but the truth is what little access to land we have, we utilize it to persevere and enhance our tribal and inter-tribal cultures.”
