Description: - Metric Name: American Indian Land Area Representation (LAR)
- Tier: 2
- Data Vintage: 09/2023
- Unit Of Measure: Categorical
- Metric Definition and Relevance: These data, developed for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of Interior, provide the details for tracts, parcels, and other relevant BIA lands. The data depict locations of Tribally controlled land mapped to the parcel level for all Land Area Codes (LAC) held in trust or restricted-fee by the United States. The Division of Land Titles and Records (LTR) compiled the data to support the Bureau of Indian Affairs Tribal Reservations. The source information for the parcel records are from the Trust Asset and Accounting Management System (TAAMS), which is the system of record. The term “Indian land” means: (A) Any land located within the boundaries of an Indian reservation, pueblo, or rancheria; (B) Any land not located within the boundaries of an Indian reservation, pueblo, or rancheria, the title to which is help: (i) In trust by the United States for the benefit of an Indian tribe or an individual Indian; (ii) By an Indian tribe or an individual Indian, subject to restriction against alienation under laws of the United States Definition: Indian land from 25 USC § 3501(2) | LII / Legal Information Institute.
- Creation Method: The purpose of the American Indian (and Alaska Native) Land Area Representation (AIAN-LAR) Geographic Information System (GIS) dataset is to depict the external extent of federal Indian reservations and the external extent of associated land held in “trust” by the United States, “restricted fee” or “mixed ownership” status for federally recognized tribes and individual Indians. This dataset includes other land area types such as Public Domain Allotments, Dependent Indian Communities and Homesteads., p, p, p, p, p, p
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Copyright Text: U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs Developed by the U.S.
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