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2 years ago Hi @DavidWWeeden -- thank you so much for submitting this comment! It's greatly appreciated. We apologize for the slow response.
The work to track loading the BIA LAR is currently being tracked in https://github.com/usds/justice40-tool/issues/1684. It matches your submitted suggestion. Thank you so much for contributing.
You may have been attending some of our open source community gatherings already (I don't personally attend all of them), but if not, we'd love to invite you to join them going forward. You can sign up for information about these here: https://github.com/usds/justice40-tool/#community-chats.
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Contact Details
David.Weeden@mwtribe-nsn.gov
What is the name of the dataset?
U. S. Domestic Sovereign Nations: Land Areas of Federally-Recognized Tribes
What is the source URL of the dataset?
https://biamaps.doi.gov/indianlands/
What is the relevance of the dataset to environmental justice?
It is stated in Executive Order 14008 (https://www.federalregister.gov/executive-order/14008) of January 27, 2021 it is the policy of this administration to secure environmental justice and spurr economic opportunities for disadvantaged communities and historically marginalized and overburdened demographic groups; into healthy, thriving communities, and undertaking robust actions to mitigate climate change while preparing for the impacts of climate change across rural, urban, and Tribal areas.
The United States’ trust obligations shape its special nation-to-nation relations with Indian Tribes. The United States carries out many functions on behalf of Tribes, including involvement in water rights disputes, appraisals and probate, congressional funding, and government contracting and compacting. Trust obligations should affect the outcome when there is a dispute between tribal interests and other interests. The trust obligation includes supporting inherent tribal sovereignty. As governments, Tribes must deliver a wide range of critical services, such as education, workforce development, public safety, infrastructure, and healthcare to their citizens. Tribes have the capability as governments to oversee their own affairs and serve their citizens. As such, they should be in parity with states and local governments.
Any and all efforts towards achieving environmental justice must factor in Tribal governments as part of their missions by developing programs, policies, and activities to address the disproportionately high and adverse human health, environmental, climate-related and other cumulative impacts on disadvantaged Tribal communities, as well as considering recourse for economic challenges of such impacts.
https://www.ncai.org/conferences-events/ncai-events/Trust_Modernization_Principles_and_Short_Term_Goals_FINAL_10_15_15.pdf
What formats does this source support?
If "other" above, please specify
The Tribal Land Area Representation or LARS dataset will be available to download from the following websites: biamaps.doi.gov, bia.gov/gis, data.gov, and communities.geoplatform.gov/tribalnations/.
What is the spatial resolution of this dataset?
Census block group
Is this dataset public?
Yes
What is the sponsoring agency of this dataset?
US DOI BIA Geospatial Support
How would you rate the quality of this data?
High
What is the estimated margin of error of this dataset (if known)?
5%
Known data quality issues
Established boundaries are not accurate at high resolution and are for general reference to geographic areas. The information does capture latest Federal Recognized Tribal Nations and their geographic locations. It should be know that this information depicts their Trust land specifically; where as each Tribe has ancestral ties to much broader areas of interest based on cultural ties to lands lost. Tribes retain inherent aboriginal rights to these ancestral lands as they rely upon them for sustenance, traditional cultural practices, and resource areas. Development and degraded conditions continue to impede upon aboriginal practices that support ancestral lifeways.
What is the geographic coverage (in percent) of this dataset
All USA and it's territories
Description of geographic coverage estimate
Tribes are located in most every state and region of the country and this is reflected in these data sets.
The U.S. Domestic Sovereign Nations: Land Areas of Federally-recognized Tribes map (commonly referred to as Indian lands) gives the user the ability to zoom, change base maps, and identify tribal lands with the BIA Land Area Representation (LAR). The LAR depicts the external extent of Federal Indian reservations, land held in “trust” by the United States, “restricted fee” or “mixed ownership” tracts for Federally-recognized tribes and individual Indians.
What is the date of last update for this dataset?
12/30/2021
How frequently is this data updated?
Greater than annually
Link to more documentation
https://biamaps.doi.gov/index.html
Can this data be put on the cloud?
Yes
Additional Information
The BIA annually publishes a list of Federally-recognized tribes in the Federal Register. The BIA maintains the LAR dataset as part of the DLTR function. The LAR dataset is the BIA’s official geospatial representation of Federal Indian land areas. It is used in its systems of records. The BIA LAR dataset’s spatial accuracy and attribute information is continuously being updated, improved, and used as the single authoritative land area data for the BIA’s mission. Since the LAR dataset was prepared for public release, it can be used by various organizations, agencies, units of government (i.e. Federal, state, county, and city), and other entities according to the restrictions on appropriate use which can be found in the metadata.