Reservation Stats
how many federally recognized American Indian reservations are in the U.S?
324
How many Native American tribes are still around today?
574 Indian tribes
How many acres of land in the US are National Parks designated
52.2 million acres
What percent of those who identify as American Indian or Native American, alone or in combination population live outside of tribal statistical areas
87 percent
How many people who identify at least partially as American Indian or Alaska Native live in the US
around 8.75 million or 2.6% of the population
How many national parks, which are congressionally designated protected areas operated by the National Park Service, in the United States
63%
what percent of Native Americans live on reservations or other trust lands
13 percent
How many Native tribes were estimated to be around before colonization
1,000
What is the budget for national parks?
$2.8 billion
How many Native Americans live in poverty in 2020
1/3
Due to oppression of Indigenous peoples, reservations cannot provide adequate economic opportunity.
how many American Indians and Alaska Natives were unemployed in 2021
7.9 percent
what are the national forests administered for?
outdoor recreation, range, timber, watershed, minerals, and wildlife and fish habitat.