Statewide coverage of 1890 American Indian Reservations. Reservation boundaries cross into the adjacent states. For example, the Navajo Nation crosses into Utah and New Mexico. Population data is from the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Purpose
To use in GIS systems for historical study and analysis This datasets is made available to interested persons through the University of Arizona's instance of Open Geoportal. It has been provided to assist educators, students, researchers, and policy makers in mapping and/or analysis applications.
Temporal Extent
Time Period
Begin
1890-01-01T00:00:00
End
1890-12-31T00:00:00
Bounding Box
West
-114.949146
East
-108.212779
North
37.334295
South
31.946374
ISO Topic Category
society
boundaries
Theme Keyword
Population
American Indian Reservations
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
REQUIRED: Reference to a formally registered thesaurus or a similar authoritative source of theme keywords.
Place Keyword
Arizona
Place Keyword Thesaurus
Place Keyword
Hualapai Indian Reservation
Gila River Indian Reservation
Gila Bend Indian Reservation (historical)
San Xavier Indian Reservation (historical)
White Mountain
State of Arizona
Navajo Indian Reservation
Fort Yuma Indian Reservation
Hopi Reservation
Havasupai Reservation
Colorado River Indian Tribes Administration
Place Keyword Thesaurus
GNIS
Temporal Keyword
1890
Status
completed
Maintenance and Update Frequency
asNeeded
Language
eng
Credit
Chris Kollen, University of Arizona Library
Point of Contact
Contact
Chris Kollen
Position Name
Data Curation Librarian
Delivery Point
P.O. Box 210055
City
Tucson
Administrative Area
AZ
Postal Code
85721-0055
Country
U.S.
Email
kollen@email.arizona.edu
Phone
(520) 305-0495
Spatial Reference Information
Reference System Identifier
Code
NAD83 / UTM zone 12N (EPSG:26912)
Code Space
EPSG
Version
7.9
Data Quality Information
Absolute External Positional Accuracy
Result
Accuracy ~50 meters (Scale at 1:130,000) to 0.5 km (Scale at 1:500,000)
Lineage
Process Step
Description
Dataset renamed from 1890_reservations.shp to Arizona_AmerIndianReservations_1890.shp by Ben Hickson with the University of Arizona Library. Metadata fields corresponding the Open Geoportal Working Group Best Practices Guide (http://opengeoportal.org/working-groups/metadata/) were also updated.
Process Date
Source
Title
1990 American Indian Areas online file
Publication Date
1990-01-01
Originator
U.S. Bureau of the Census
Description
U.S. Bureau of the Census
Source
Title
Territory of Arizona
Publication Date
1887-01-01
Originator
U.S. General Land Office
Description
U.S. General Land Office
Source
Title
Railroad and county map of Arizona
Publication Date
1888-01-01
Source
Title
Surface management responsibility, State of Arizona
Publication Date
1979-01-01
Originator
U.S. Bureau of Land Management.
Description
U.S. Bureau of Land Management.
Source
Title
Highway system map, Salt River Indian Agency, Arizona: Fort McDowell Indian Reservation and Salt River Indian Reservation
Publication Date
1971-01-01
Originator
U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Description
U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Source
Title
State of Arizona
Publication Date
1919-01-01
Originator
U.S. Geological Survey.
Description
U.S. Geological Survey.
Source
Title
Map of the Indian Country in Arizona, New Mexico, Utah Colorado
Publication Date
1961-01-01
Originator
Automobile Club of Southern California.
Description
Automobile Club of Southern California.
Source
Title
Highway system map, Truxton Canon Indian Agency, Arizona: Hualapai Indian Reservation and Havasupai Indian Reservation
