Using a searchable map of Native territories, languages, and treaties, Native Land Digital, a Canadian nonprofit, is documenting the history of an area's original inhabitants and stewards.
Users can click on labels across the Americas and around other parts of the globe — or type a specific city, state or zip code into the search box — to see which Indigenous tribes lived where. You can zoom in or out, as well as choose to apply"settler labels" to see how the map corresponds with contemporary state lines. Clicking on the name of each nation brings up links for related reading.and on iOS and Android mobile apps.
"We hope to inspire people to gain a better understanding of themselves, their ancestors, and the world they live in, so that we can all move forward into a better future," it says. "In reality, we know that the land is not something to be exploited and 'owned,' but something to be honoured and treasured," it says."However, because of the complexities of history, the kind of mapping we undertake is an important exercise, insofar as it brings an awareness of the real lived history of Indigenous peoples and nations in a long era of colonialism.
Native Land Digital aims to use at least two valid sources when updating the map, and says in cases of conflicting maps it generally errs on the side of being"more expansive."
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