Indian
Lands Maps
USGS
maps that can be used in history teaching and research show the physical
and cultural landscape on historical editions of USGS topographic maps,
the growth of the United States, historical trails and explorers, and
other themes. Click on any of the map titles or images below for more
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Native American Lands, Culture, and
Languages
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Indian Land
Areas Judicially Established--This
large, colorful map shows the results of cases before the U.S. Indian Claims
Commission or U.S. Court of Claims in which an American Indian tribe proved it’s
original tribal occupancy of a tract within the continental United States. Inset
provides additional details of the Pacific Northwest region. Prepared under the
direction of the Indian Claims Commission as part of it’s final report. Compiled,
edited, and published by the U.S. Geological Survey, 1978. Map scale is
1:4,000,000 and measures 51"x38".
Product ID Number 101505
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Indian
Land Areas--Federal
Indian reservations, state reservations, federal Indian groups without
reservations, Bureau of Indian Affairs areas and offices, and the interstate
highway system are shown on this map. Rivers and lakes clearly illustrated.
Inset shows Alaska. Compiled from the Handbook of North American Indians
in cooperation with the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Map scale is 1:5,000,000
and measures 26"x42".
Product ID Number 101502
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Indian
Lands in the United States--Colorful
Shaded Relief map of the conterminous 48 states showing 1998 American Indian
Geographic Entities. American Indian Reservations (AIR’S) are legal entities
having boundaries established by treaty, statute, and/or executive or court order.
Tribal Designated Statistical Areas (TDSA’S) are geographic areas delineated for
1990 census data tabulation purposes by tribal officials of federally and state recognized tribes outside of Oklahoma that do not have a
legally defined reservation or associated trust lands. Map scale is 1:5,000,000
and measures 31"x44".
Product ID Number 101516
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Early
Indian
Tribes, Culture Areas, and Linguistic Stocks--This map was prepared by William
Sturtevant of the Smithsonian Institution. It
shows the geographic extent of many Indian tribes, their
culture areas, and 18 Indian linguistic stocks, both in the conterminous 48 States
and in Alaska. A short text and reference list are printed on the back. This
separate is from the “National Atlas of the United States of America,” published
by the U.S. Geological Survey. Map scale is 1:7,500,000 and measures 20"x28".
Product ID Number 101013
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Last modified: 30 October 2003
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