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Cheyenne and Arapahoe Tribes, Oklahoma 8 AR Cheyenne-Arapaho 8 45 Memphis ROL IZ Okmulgee A ONA Concho Kickapoo H C Comanche Nation, Oklahoma 9 Long Beach Riverside Oklahoma 2 S OUT Sa City 48 ANSA S nta Zuni Ramah Caddo-Wichita-Delaware 20 1 Creek/Seminole ARK Cowlitz Indian Tribe 10 Ana Albuquerque 5 Shawnee Laguna 19 Delaware Nation, Oklahoma 11 Citizen Seminole Palm Amarillo Sp 21 52 Potaw atomi 47 Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma 12 31°N rings Parker Kiowa-Comanche Anadarko Nation- ntee Little Rock Atlanta Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma 13 32°N -Apache-Ft Sill Apache/ 11 Abse Seminole Caddo-Wichita-Delaware Shawnee 13 42 Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians 14 3 Ada Choctaw Talihina Ione Band of Miwok Indians of California 15 Kiowa-Comanche- 9 Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma 16 Apache-Fort Sill Apache I Eastern Oklahoma SISSIPP Jena Band of Choctaw Indians 17 Whiteriver Chickasaw MIS Birmingham Scottsdale Kaw Nation, Oklahoma 18 Phoenix Region A San BAM Kialegee Tribal Town 19 Di ALA ego Mesa NEW 30°N MEXICO 43 GIA Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma 20 31°N EOR San G Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma 21 Carlos Yuma Sacaton Koi Nation of Northern California 22 Coolidge Lubbock Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe 23 Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan 24 Mescalero Montgomery Mechoopda Indian Tribe of Chico Rancheria, California 25 Philadelphia Miami Tribe of Oklahoma 26 Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma 27 29°N Tucson Dallas 30°N Arlington Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma 28 Shreveport Jackson Fo rt Pamunkey Indian Tribe 29 Sells Worth Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma 30 Peoria Tribe Indians of Oklahoma 31 Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana 32 ion Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma 33 S Reg Jacksonville El Paso outhern Plains 17 Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma 34 28°N 29°N Samish Indian Nation 35 San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona 36 Seneca-Cayuga Nation 37 Mobile Shawnee Tribe 38 Shinnecock Indian Nation 39 165°E 170°E 175°E 180° 175°W 170°W 165°W 160°W 155°W 150°W 145°W 140°W 135°W 130°W 125°W 120°W 115°W Snoqualmie Indian Tribe 40 A TEXAS LOUISIAN Tejon Indian Tribe 41 Barrow 27°N 28°N Baton Rouge The Chickasaw Nation 42 BEAUFORT SEA The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma 43 Wainwright Inupiat Algaaciq Scale 1:2,850,000 Kaktovik 0 10 20 30 40 The Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma 44 (St. Mary's) Miles New Orleans Nuiqsut (Barter Island) The Muscogee (Creek) Nation 45 Pilot Sta tion Austin Orlando Atqasuk (Nooiksut) Holy Cross The Quapaw Tribe of Indians 46 Point Lay (Atkasook) Marshall (Fortuna Ledge) The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma 47 Pitka's Point 65°N Thlopthlocco Tribal Town 48 65°N RUSSIA Andreafski Iqurmuit Houston on R Tonkawa Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma 49 26°N 27°N Asa'carsarmiut Tribe Yuk Point Hope Kalskag DA United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma 50 Ohogamiut San Tampa ORI Antonio FL Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) 51 Kivalina A n Arctic Village Lower Ka lskag laska Regio Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco & Tawakonie), Oklahoma 52 Noatak Anaktuvuk Pass Venetie Wyandotte Nation 53 Shishmaref Ambler R Kotzebue in Kiana Fort Yukon w Shungnak k M Allakaket o Brevig ary's Igloo k Nunapitchuk Akiachak s Mission Kobuk Chalkyitsik u Evansville K Tuluksak Noorvik Kasigluk Kwethluk 25°N 26°N Diomede (Inalik)Wales Alatna (Bettles Field) Selawik Atmautluak Deering Birch Creek Akiak Hughes Beaver Baird Oscarville Buckland Circle Inlet MEXICO C King Island Teller hin Council Rampart Napakiak Orutsararmiut (Bethel) ik E Huslia Stevens Village sk White Mountain Inset 1 Napaskiak imo Solomon Tanana Com Minto Fairbanks mun Nome Koyukuk Hollywood Gambell ity (G !( Agency Eagle olovi Koyuk Galena (Louden ) PROJECTION INFORMATION: Corpus Christi Bill Moore'sn) Slough Elim Nenana Savoonga Shakto Miami 25°N olik Nulato Ruby Healy Lake All data except the (Alaska Inset) are projected to: 24°N Chuloonawick Kaltag Manley Dot Lake Ko tlik Unalakleet SKA Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area Laredo ALA Hot Springs Tetlin 60°N o o 60°N Hamilton Saint Michael Emmonak Takotna Telida Cantwell Northway Longitude of projection center: 100 West (150 West) Stebbins Tanacross o Alakanuk McGrath Latitude of projection center: 45 North BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS Grayling Shageluk Mentasta Lake CANADA ScammonNunam Bay Iqua Nikolai False easting and northing: 0.0 Anvik Crooked Creek Gak ona GULF OF MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Georgetown ALASKA Cheesh-Na Tribe DATA SOURCES: Hooper BayPaimiut REGIONAL Gulkana 24°N Red Devil Knik Kluti Kaah (Copper Center) 23°N Chevak OFFICE Tazlina New Stuyahok 1:10M Satellite-derived land cover data and shaded relief with OFFICE OF TRUST SERVICES Newtok Stony River Chitina Umkumiut Tununak Sleetmute Chickaloon ocean bottom data from NaturalEarthData.com 2015; JUNE 2016 !( Mekoryuk Lime V illage Eklutna Tatitlek American Indian Reservation data last updated in 2005 from Inset 1 Nap aimute Skagway Nunakauyarmiut Tyonek Eyak (Cordova) Chilkat Chuathbaluk Sala f matof US Census data and USGS 1:24,000 topographic maps; Legend Eek Aniak Nondalton West Central Agency (Klukwan) Ke nai zet "ESRI Data and Maps" 2008; BERING SEA Nightmute Koliganek Newhalen Iliamna Chilkoot Tlingit and Haida New Stuyahok Ninilchik Oklahoma Tribal Statistical Area: Census Bureau (TIGER) data, Federally Recognized Tribal Entity * Chefornak Pedro Bay Chenega Yakutat !( 23°N Pribilof Islands Ale t (Haines) Douglas Eastern Regional Office Natural Resources Departmen t.
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