Description of Map.
Cultural Geographic Regions in Focus Group Study.
American Indian Disability Legislation Project.
Rural Institute on Disabilities.
The University of Montana.
This is a map of North and Central America which shows ten cultural geographic regions
occupied by American Indian tribes, reservations, tribal governments and/or Alaskan Native
villages. The Arctic region covers western and northern Alaska and northern Canada.
The Subarctic region covers most of the remainder of Alaska and most of eastern
Canada, plus northern Alberta, Saskatchewan and British Columbia. The Northwest
Coast region runs along the Pacific coast of Oregon, Washington, British Columbia and
southwest Alaska. The California region is self-contained. The Plateau region
occupies most of the remainder of Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia, western
Alberta and Montana and northern Idaho. The Great Basin occupies Nevada, southeast
Oregon, southern Idaho, most of Utah and western Wyoming. The Southwest covers most
of Mexico, most of Arizona, southwestern New Mexico and southern Texas. The Plains
occupies the remainder of Montana, Wyoming, and New Mexico, northern Texas and Oklahoma,
all of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, most of North Dakota, southern Minnesota,
western Michigan, northern Iowa, western Missouri, and most of Arkansas. The
Northeast cultural region covers the whole eastern seaboard down to Virginia, west to
southeastern Iowa and northeastern Missouri, and south into northern Tennessee. The
Southeast cultural region covers from eastern Virginia down the Atlantic coast and west to
eastern Texas.
