Overview of Indian Forests and Forestry: Organization, Health, Productivity, and Cultural Significance
Indian forests are found in many of the lower 48 states and Alaska (Figure Intro.6). Most Indian forests are held in trust by the United States Government. This obligates the US Government to see that the forests are well- managed in the interest of the tribes that own them (see Appendix i). Increasingly, tribes own land “in fee” that they have purchased, and these lands may be taken into trust but aren’t necessarily. Native corporations in Alaska own huge areas of forestland, but at present, at least, these lands are managed by the corporations, not by tribal entities. The total acreage of Indian trust forestland, including those classed as woodland, cover about 19.3 million acres, mostly in the lower 48 states, and it is those lands that are the focus of IFMAT IV.
Map ID # Name
Category
1 Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (Flathead) 2 Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation
1 1 1 1 4 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 4 4 1 1 1 4 2
3 Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
4 Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation 5 Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians
6 Coquille Indian Tribe
7 Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians
8 Eastern Band of Cherokee
9 Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
10 Hoopa Valley Tribe
11 Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe 12 Makah Indian Reservation
13 Menominee Tribe
14 Mescalero Apache Tribe
15 Metlakatla Indian Community, Alaska (Annette Islands Reserve) 16 Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
17 Navajo Nation 18 Nez Perce Tribe
19 Passamaquoddy Tribe 20 Penobscot Nation 21 Quinault Indian Nation
22 Red Lake Nation
23 San Carlos Apache Tribe 24 Spokane Tribe of Indians
25 Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians
26 Tulalip Tribes 27 Tule River Tribe
28 Warm Springs Tribe 29 White Earth Nation
30 White Mountain Apache Tribe 31 Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians
32 Kalispel Tribe of Indians
33 Karuk Tribe
34 Mi'kmaq Nation 35 Pueblo of Acoma 36 Santa Clara Pueblo
37 Yurok Tribe
38 Bristol Bay Alaska Native Association, Alaska
39 Chugachmiut, Alaska
40 Gana-A ‘Yoo, Limited, Alaska 41 Tanana Chiefs Conference, Alaska
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Red cedar bolt salvage on the Quinault Reservation in western Washington. PHOTO CREDIT: VINCENT CORRAO
2 Figure Intro.1 (map table). Indian Forests in the U.S. visited or Interviewed virtually during IFMAT IV (map on next page)
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