Many National Park Sites in the United States commemorate the contribution of the Native American culture(s). The term ‘Native American’ includes all cultural groups that predate the arrival of either western European explorers/settlers or east coast explorers and settlers. In this sense, Native Alaskans of both arctic and sub-arctic cultures are included with the American Indians of the continental United States. Native Hawaiians are included as the traditional cultures of the islands.
Many sites were created specifically to preserve the remains of cultures that no longer exist, such as Mesa Verde National Park or Russell Cave National Monument. Some tell the story of a vibrant culture that continues to contribute to the American culture, as with Canyon de Chelly National Monument. Yet others commemorate American Indian cultures that contributed to the development of an area, as Cape Cod National Seashore, or were a part of greater events in American history, such as Pea Ridge National Military Park. The largest number preserve the historical contributions of the Native Cultures throughout time; included in these are Devils Tower National Monument, Pipestone National Monument, and Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park.
| Park | State | Tribal Affiliation(s)[1][2] | | Agate Fossil Beds National Monument | NE | Lakota |
| Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument | TX | Pueblo |
| Arkansas Post National Memorial | AR | Quapaw, Osage, Caddo |
| Aztec Ruins National Monument | NM | Ancestral Pueblo |
| Badlands National Park | SD | Lakotea |
| Bandelier National Monument | NM | Ancestral Pueblo |
| Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site | CO | Southern Cheyenne, Southern Arapaho, Kiowa, Comanche |
| Big Bend National Park | TX | Jumano, Comanche, Kiowa, Apache |
| Big Hole National Battlefield | MT | Nez Perce |
| Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area | MT & WY | Crow |
| Big Thicket National Preserve | TX | Alabama-Coushatta, Caddo, Atakapa |
| Buffalo National River | AR | Paleo-Indians, Archaic, Woodland/Mississippian |
| Cabrillo National Monument | CA | Kumeyaay |
| Canaveral National Seashore | FL | Timucuan |
| Canyon de Chelly National Monument | AZ | Ancestral Pueblo, Navajo |
| Cape Cod National Seashore | MA | Wampanoag |
| Capitol Reef National Park | UT | Ancestral Pueblo, Fremont culture |
| Casa Grande Ruins National Monument | AZ | Hohokam |
| Castillo de San Marcos National Monument | FL | Seminole |
| Chaco Culture National Historical Park | NM | Ancestral Pueblo, Pueblo, Navajo |
| Chiricahua National Monument | AZ | Apache |
| Colonial National Historical Park (Jamestown), | VA | 17th-century Powhatans |
| Coronado National Memorial | AZ | Zuni |
| Cuyahoga Valley National Park | OH | Paleo, Archaic, Adena, Hopewell, Whittlessey |
| Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, | PA/NJ | Munsee |
| De Soto National Memorial, | FL | Timucuan |
| Devils Tower National Monument, | WY | Northern Plains cultures including: Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne, Kiowa, Crow, Arapaho, Shoshone, among others |
| Effigy Mounds National Monument | IA | Red Ocher, Hopewell, Effigy Mounds Builders |
| El Malpais National Monument | NM | Acoma, Laguna, and Zuni Pueblos; Ramah Navajos |
| El Morro National Monument | NM | Ancestral Pueblo, Navajo, Zuni |
| Everglades National Park | FL | Seminole |
| Fort Bowie National Historic Site | AZ | Apache |
| Fort Caroline National Memorial | FL | Timucuan |
| Fort Clatsop National Memorial | OR | Clatsop, Chinook |
| Fort Raleigh National Historic Site | NC | Algonquian |
| Fort Smith National Historic Site | AR | Cherokee, Muscogee Creek, Seminole, Choctaw, Chickasaw |
| Fort Stanwix National Monument | NY | Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, Tuscarora |
| Fort Sumter National Monument | SC | Seminole at Fort Moultrie |
| Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve | AK | Nunamiut, Kobuk Eskimo, Koyukon Athabascan |
| Gateway National Recreation Area | NY | Lenape, including Canarsie, Nyak |
| Glacier National Park | MT | Blackfeet, Salish-Kootenai, Flathead |
| Glen Canyon National Recreation Area | AZ | Ancestral Pueblo |
| Golden Gate National Recreation Area | CA | Ohlone (Presidio of San Francisco)
Coast Miwok (Marin Headlands) |
| Grand Canyon National Park | AZ | Ancestral Pueblo/Hopi, Navajo, Zuni, Southern Paiutes, Havasupai, Hualapai |
| Grand Portage National Monument | MN | Ojibwa |
| Grand Teton National Park | WY | Plains Indians, Shoshone, Blackfeet |
| Great Sand Dunes National Monument | CO | Ute |
| Great Smoky Mountains National Park | TN | Cherokee |
| Guadalupe Mountains National Park | TX | Mescalero Apache |
| Haleakala National Park | HI | Ancient Hawaii |
| Hawaii Volcanoes National Park | HI | Ancient Hawaii |
| Homestead National Monument of America | NE | Great Plains nations, among others |
| Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park | HI | Ancient Hawaii |
| Hopewell Culture National Historical Park | OH | Ohio Hopewell |
| Horseshoe Bend National Military Park | AL | Muscogee Creek, Cherokee |
| Hovenweep National Monument | CO | Ancestral Pueblo |
| Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site | AZ | Navajo |
| Isle Royale National Park | MI | Ojibwa |
| Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve | LA | Choctaw, Chitimacha, Tunica, Houma, Koasati/Coushatta |
| Gateway Arch National Park | MO | Plains Indian people including Lakota, Osage, and Illini |
| Katmai National Park and Preserve | AK | Yupik/Aleuts |
| Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site | ND | Hidatsa, Mandan, Arikara |
| Lake Mead National Recreation Area | NV | Virgin River Ancestral Pueblo; Mohave, Hualapai, Southern Paiute |
| Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area | WA | Colville Confederated Tribes, Spokane, Nez Perce |
| Lava Beds National Monument | CA | Modoc |
| Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument | MT | Lakota, Cheyenne, Arapaho, Crow, Arikara |
| Mammoth Cave National Park | KY | Early Woodland prehistoric culture |
| Mesa Verde National Park | CO | Ancestral Pueblo and 23 affiliated Native American groups |
| Mojave National Preserve | CA | Paiute, Chemehuevi, Mohave |
| Montezuma Castle National Monument | AZ | Sinagua |
| Natchez Trace Parkway | MS/AL/TN | Natchez, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Muscogee Creek, Cherokee |
| National Capital Parks East, Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens, | DC | Algonquian |
| Natural Bridges National Monument | UT | Ancestral Pueblo |
| Navajo National Monument | AZ | Ancestral Pueblo, Navajo |
| Nez Perce National Historical Park | ID | Nez Perce |
| North Cascades National Park | WA | Coast Salish/Upper Skagit, Chelan |
| Ocmulgee National Monument | GA | Mississippian, Lamar phase, Muscogee Creek |
| Olympic National Park | WA | Elwha Klallam, Hoh, Jamestown S'Klallam, Makah, Port Gamble S'Klallam, Quileute, Quinault, Skokomish |
| Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument | AZ | Hohokam, O'odham |
| Pea Ridge National Military Park | AR | Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw |
| Pecos National Historical Park | NM | Pueblo people |
| Petroglyph National Monument | NM | Rio Grande Pueblo, Hopi, and Zuni |
| Pipe Spring National Monument | AZ | Ancestral Pueblo, Southern Paiute, and Navajo |
| Pipestone National Monument | MN | Siouan groups |
| Point Reyes National Seashore | CA | Miwok |
| Pu{{okina}}ukohola Heiau National Historic Site | HI | Ancient Hawaii |
| Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park | HI | Ancient Hawaii |
| Rainbow Bridge National Monument | AZ | Navajo Nation, Hopi, Kaibab Paiute, San Juan Southern Paiute, Ute Mountain Ute |
| Redwood National Park | CA | Tolowa, Yurok, Chilula |
| Roger Williams National Memorial | RI | Narragansett, Wampanoag |
| Russell Cave National Monument | AL | Transitional Paleo to Mississippian cultural |
| Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument | NM | Pueblo |
| San Antonio Missions National Historical Park | TX | Coahuiltecan/South Texans |
| San Juan National Historic Site | PR | Taino |
| Santa Fe National Historic Trail | NM | Historic Plains and Pueblo cultures |
| Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area | CA | Chumash, Tongva |
| Shiloh National Military Park | TN | at Shiloh Indian Mounds |
| Sitka National Historical Park | AK | Tlingit |
| Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument | AZ | Ancestral Pueblo, Navajo |
| Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve | FL | Timucuan |
| Tonto National Monument | AZ | Salado |
| Trail of Tears National Historic Trail | NM | Cherokee, Muscogee Creek, Seminole, Choctaw, Chickasaw |
| Tumacacori National Historical Park | AZ | Pima |
| Tuzigoot National Monument | AZ | Sinagua |
| Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River | NY | Lenape |
| Voyageurs National Park | MN | Ojibwa |
| Walnut Canyon National Monument | AZ | Sinagua, Ancestral Pueblo, Hopi |
| Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area | CA | Wintu at Whiskeytown |
| Whitman Mission National Historic Site | WA | Cayuse |
| Women's Rights National Historical Park | NY | Iroquois Confederacy, Seneca, Cayuga |
| Wupatki National Monument | AZ | Ancestral Pueblo, Navajo |
| Yellowstone National Park | WY | Nez Perce, Shoshone-Bannock, Sheepeaters, Crow, Blackfeet |
| Yosemite National Park | CA | Southern and Central Sierra Miwok, Mono Lake Paiute |
NPS units proposed but not confirmed as interpreting Native American culture(s) as a primary theme:[3]
1. ^Hirschfelder, Arlene, & Martha Kreipe de Montaña; The Native America Almanac: A portrait of Native America Today; Prentice Hall, 1993
2. ^Savage, Beth L. (Ed.); African American Historic Places, National Register of Historic Places; National Park Service, Preservation Press, 1994
3. ^Source: Steve Perrin at NP-ACAD, updated 10/28/97