Explore the Top 5 Cities that Native Americans, by number, live in.
For more information on each tribe, please visit the Tribe Information section of this window
"Los Angeles has an estimated 10,105,722 residents in their metropolitan area. 95,902 of those are members of a tribe, accounting for .95% of the overall city's population, but that is where 21.6% of all Native peoples in California reside. For more information about LA, check out their City Website
Did you know that 15% of all people who live in Alaska are Native? Of Anchorage's 298,225 people, 28,751 are Indigenous peoples which means that 25.2% of all Native people in Alaska actually live in Anchorage. The other three-quarter live in small villages dispersed about the state. Zoom in close to see individual village names and populations. Learn more about Anchorage here.
Oklahoma is dervied from a word in the Choctaw language that translates into "Red People" and was an attempt to create an all Indian state. Not surprisingly only 7.56% of Oklahoma City's residents are Native Americans, as most live on reservations and protected lands in the North Western part of the state. To learn more about the Tribes in Oklahoma go here.
Phoenix is another interesting place, as some of the largest tribal areas exist in the American Southwest. The Navajo Nation alone has 157,716 residents. Of Phoenix's population, 27.93% of urbannites are Native, but that is only 2.11% of Native residents of Arizona--meaning most live outside of the city. Learn more about Phoenix.
The city of Dreams, some say. The Big Apple boasts the largest number (38,845) of Native residents over any other city in the United States. With that being said, only .454% of the State identify as Native American, and of that amount, 45.66% live in one of the five boroughs. This only means that of the Native peoples in NYS, almost half live in NYC.
"The U.S. government officially recognizes
nearly 600 Indian tribes
in the contiguous 48 states and Alaska. These federally recognized tribes are eligible for funding and
services from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, either directly or through contracts, grants, or compacts.
The Bureau of Indian Affairs provides contact information for each tribe's
Tribal Leader."
Directly taken from: https://www.usa.gov/tribes.
This website was created as a final project for a Masters in Urban Planning Degree at New York University in Spring 2020 by Mikeala Sparks (MUP). Significant Credit and thanks goes to Chris Whong, Professor of the Class, for a wonderful semester and having been such an encouraging and helpful support throughout the process, as well as close friends Thomas and Jess and their puppy, Porter, for continually checking and cleaning my code and providing moral support, even when it was a disaster. All websites, datasets, and historical information is referenced in my code, once you click 'inspect'.