Last updated: June 25, 2026. This starter policy is for a static prototype that does not yet collect public uploads or user accounts. Contact email: [email protected].
1. Purpose
AllottedLand.com is a free public research index and educational tool intended to help Native families locate historical allotment maps, records, research paths, and source links.
2. Information currently collected
The public beta does not create user accounts, does not accept public uploads, and does not intentionally collect private family documents. Searches entered into the page are processed in the visitor’s browser.
3. Future submissions
If public submissions are added later, the site should clearly disclose what information is collected, why it is collected, whether it may be published, whether it may be used in aggregate statistics, and how a submitter may request correction or removal.
4. Sensitive information
Users should not submit Social Security numbers, private addresses of living people, birth certificates, government IDs, financial account numbers, unredacted medical records, or private documents belonging to others without permission.
5. Publication choices
Future testimonial or document submissions should offer clear choices: public with name, public anonymously, private/statistical-only, or private assistance-only with no publication.
6. Aggregated data
The land-loss dashboard should use aggregated statistics whenever possible and should not identify a specific family or living person unless there is express consent.
7. Removal and corrections
Correction and removal requests may be sent to [email protected]. Do not email sensitive private documents unless they are redacted and you have permission to share them.
8. Third-party sources
The site links to outside sources such as the Library of Congress, National Archives, county records, BIA resources, and other public or archival systems. Those sites have their own privacy rules.
9. No official government system
AllottedLand.com is independent and is not an official tribal, federal, BIA, NARA, county, or court record system.