Indigenous homelands of the national parks
This page lists the Indigenous nations whose homelands the national parks are on, park by park and nation by nation. The names come from Park Service pages and the nations' own sites. Each nation's name links to its page on this site. That page links to the nation's own site where it has one.
62 parks · 181 nations
By park
- Acadia National Park
- Wabanaki, Passamaquoddy Tribe, Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians, Penobscot Nation, Mi'kmaq Nation
- Arches National Park
- Hopi Tribe, Las Vegas Paiute Tribe, Moapa Band of Paiute Indians, Navajo Nation, Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Southern Ute Indian Tribe, Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, White Mesa Ute, Pueblo of Zuni
- Badlands National Park
- Oglala Sioux Tribe, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, Northern Cheyenne Tribe, Northern Arapaho Tribe
- Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
- Southern Ute Indian Tribe, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation
- Canyonlands National Park
- Hopi Tribe, Navajo Nation, Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, White Mesa Ute, Pueblo of Zuni, San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah
- Capitol Reef National Park
- Fremont culture, Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah, Navajo Nation
- Cuyahoga Valley National Park
- Lenape (Delaware), Wyandot, Ottawa, Shawnee, Seneca, Miami, Lake Erie Native American Council
- Everglades National Park
- Seminole Tribe of Florida, Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, Calusa, Tequesta
- Glacier National Park
- Blackfeet Nation, Salish (Séliš), Pend d'Oreille (Ql̓ispé), Ktunaxa (Kootenai)
- Grand Canyon National Park
- Havasupai Tribe, Hualapai Tribe, Hopi Tribe, Navajo Nation, Pueblo of Zuni, Yavapai-Apache Nation, Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians, Las Vegas Paiute Tribe, Moapa Band of Paiute Indians, Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah, San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe
- Grand Teton National Park
- Eastern Shoshone Tribe, Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, Crow Tribe, Blackfeet Nation, Gros Ventre, Cheyenne, Lakota, Nez Perce Tribe
- Great Basin National Park
- Ely Shoshone Tribe, Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation, Duckwater Shoshone Tribe
- Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
- Ute, Southern Ute Indian Tribe, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, Jicarilla Apache Nation, Navajo Nation
- Joshua Tree National Park
- Serrano (Maara’yam), Cahuilla (Kawiya), Chemehuevi (Nüwü), Mohave (Aha Macave), Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, Augustine Band of Cahuilla Indians, Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, Cahuilla Band of Indians, Chemehuevi Indian Tribe, Colorado River Indian Tribes, Fort Mojave Indian Tribe, Morongo Band of Mission Indians, Ramona Band of Cahuilla, Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation, Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians, Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians, Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians, Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians
- Lassen Volcanic National Park
- Pit River Tribe, Susanville Indian Rancheria, Redding Rancheria, Mountain Maidu
- Mammoth Cave National Park
- Late Archaic and Early Woodland peoples, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Cherokee Nation, United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians, Shawnee Tribe, Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, Absentee Shawnee Tribe, Chickasaw Nation
- Mesa Verde National Park
- Hopi Tribe, Pueblos of New Mexico, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Southern Ute Indian Tribe, Navajo Nation, Jicarilla Apache Nation, Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation
- Mount Rainier National Park
- Cowlitz Indian Tribe, Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, Nisqually Indian Tribe, Puyallup Tribe of Indians, Squaxin Island Tribe, Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, Coast Salish
- National Park of American Samoa
- Samoan people, Village councils of the Tutuila unit, Village councils of the Manu'a units
- New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
- Shawnee Tribe, Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, Absentee Shawnee Tribe, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
- North Cascades National Park
- Upper Skagit Indian Tribe, Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe, Nooksack Indian Tribe, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
- Olympic National Park
- Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe, Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe, Skokomish Indian Tribe, Quinault Indian Nation, Hoh Tribe, Quileute Tribe, Makah Tribe
- Redwood National and State Parks
- Yurok Tribe, Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation, Karuk Tribe, Hoopa Valley Tribe, Chilula
- Rocky Mountain National Park
- Southern Ute Indian Tribe, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, Northern Arapaho Tribe, Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Northern Cheyenne Tribe, Comanche Nation, Eastern Shoshone Tribe, Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma, Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation
- Theodore Roosevelt National Park
- Mandan (Nueta), Hidatsa (Nuxbaaga), Arikara (Sahnish), MHA Nation (Three Affiliated Tribes), Lakota, Crow Tribe
- Yellowstone National Park
- Crow Tribe, Eastern Shoshone Tribe, Blackfeet Nation, Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, Northern Cheyenne Tribe
By nation
- Absentee Shawnee Tribe
- Hot Springs National Park, Mammoth Cave National Park, New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
- Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
- Great Smoky Mountains, Mammoth Cave National Park, New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
- Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma
- Mammoth Cave National Park, New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
- Eastern Shoshone Tribe
- Grand Teton National Park, Rocky Mountain National Park, Yellowstone National Park
- Hopi Tribe
- Arches National Park, Canyonlands National Park, Grand Canyon National Park, Mesa Verde National Park, Petrified Forest National Park
- Mescalero Apache Tribe
- Big Bend National Park, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, White Sands National Park
- Northern Cheyenne Tribe
- Badlands National Park, Rocky Mountain National Park, Yellowstone National Park
- Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah
- Bryce Canyon National Park, Canyonlands National Park, Capitol Reef National Park, Grand Canyon National Park, Zion National Park
- Pueblo of Zuni
- Arches National Park, Canyonlands National Park, Grand Canyon National Park, Petrified Forest National Park
- Southern Ute Indian Tribe
- Arches National Park, Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, Mesa Verde National Park, Rocky Mountain National Park
- Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation
- Arches National Park, Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, Canyonlands National Park, Capitol Reef National Park, Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, Mesa Verde National Park, Rocky Mountain National Park
How we name nations
We use the name each nation uses for itself on its own site, and its own-language name where it uses one. A nation or people with no official site still has a page here, with no outside link. We list a nation for a park only when a Park Service page or the nation says so, and we never treat two names as one nation without a source that says they are.
Questions
Are all national parks on Indigenous homelands?
62 of the 63 parks here have at least one nation named by the Park Service and the nations themselves. For Dry Tortugas National Park, no source we could check names one, so we list none.
Whose homelands is Yellowstone on?
This page lists 5 nations for Yellowstone, among them Crow Tribe, Eastern Shoshone Tribe and Blackfeet Nation. The Park Service's associated tribes page names more tribes with ties to the park.
Which park is on the most nations’ homelands?
Joshua Tree National Park, with 18 nations on this page. The nation linked to the most parks here is Navajo Nation, with 7.
Why does one park list many nations?
Homelands overlap. Many nations used the same valleys, rivers, and mountains to hunt, gather, trade, and travel, and many still return to them.
How can I find out whose land I am on outside a park?
Native Land Digital (native-land.ca) is a place to start. Then read the nation’s own site or contact its tribal office.
Is this a legal or treaty map?
No. It names homelands as the Park Service and the nations describe them. It is not a boundary, treaty, or land-claim record.
Sources and corrections
Each park's guide page cites the Park Service pages behind its list. See also the Park Service's American Indian heritage pages, its Yellowstone historic tribes and associated tribes pages, and Native Land Digital for places outside the parks. Found an error? Tell us.