USGS Map Catalog: Culture and History

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 detail [some images are up to 10MB]. See also our Historic Maps from the Library of Congress Website!

Native American Lands, Culture, and Languages
	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
	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
	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
	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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