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Welcome. We are glad you are here.

We encourage you to get in touch if you have found an error on our map.

Our Mission

We strive to map Indigenous lands in a way that changes, challenges, and improves the way people see the history of their countries and peoples. We hope to strengthen the spiritual bonds that people have with the land, its people, and its meaning.

We strive to map Indigenous territories, treaties, and languages across the world in a way that goes beyond colonial ways of thinking in order to better represent how Indigenous people want to see themselves.

We provide educational resources to correct the way that people speak about colonialism and indigeneity, and to encourage territory awareness in everyday speech and action.

How This Works

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Who We Are

Native-Land.ca is a website run by the nonprofit organization Native Land Digital. We are guided by a Board of Directors and an Advisory Council. Our funding comes from friendly organizations and individual donors.

See more about Who We Are here, including biographies of staff and volunteers.

We're Hiring

We are looking for Indigenous language speakers to help with translation. Learn more here.


What's Happening

Blog Posts

  • 2021 AGM January 6, 2021
  • Becoming An Active Agent of Reconciliation May 29, 2020
  • The Land You Live On: Native Land Digital @ UBC May 8, 2020
  • Introducing Native Land’s Executive Director March 27, 2020
  • Executive Director of Native Land Digital January 7, 2020

Recent Map Updates

  • Diaguita March 1, 2021
  • Miwkoʔ Waaliʔ (Miwok) February 28, 2021
  • Kojomk’awi (Konkow) February 28, 2021
  • Shanenawa February 27, 2021
  • Pykopcatejê February 27, 2021

Partners & Contributors

Different organizations have helped us in different ways, and here are just a few that have really helped us come to life! Thank you to everyone who has reached out and chatted with us and helped make this resource better.

Kalliopeia Foundation

Mapbox

Digital Democracy

Vancity Credit Union

Mapster Technology

Historica Canada

Disclaimer

This map does not represent or intend to represent official or legal boundaries of any Indigenous nations. To learn about definitive boundaries, contact the nations in question.

Also, this map is not perfect -- it is a work in progress with tons of contributions from the community. Please send us fixes if you find errors.

We strive to represent nations and Indigenous people on their own terms. When there are conflicts or issues with our information, we try to fix things as soon as possible with the input of all parties involved.

We only require two "reasonable" sources of information for a nation or people to be added to the map. This could include academic sources, oral sources, historical sources, or others that we deem reasonable. The purpose of this highly inclusive approach is to allow historically marginalized nations to be represented on the map, even if they are small, remote, or lack the resources to do comprehensive mapping.

We do not privilege academic sources in particular over oral sources, and seek to be as open as possible when learning more about nations we have missed or failed to add.

We absolutely welcome feedback on our methods and how this resource is affecting you and your community. Get in touch with us anytime and we will do our best to respond in a timely manner!

We encourage you to get in touch if you have found an error on our map.

 

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We are ALL on native land. We encourage independen We are ALL on native land. We encourage independent research and collaboration with the original stewards of our shared land through land acknowledgment, education and shared mandate. 

This post supports our previous one regarding victorious fracking ban of the Delaware River Basin. 🍃 

A little about the Indigenous peoples of the land: Lənape Haki-nk (Lenni-Lenape)

“The long history of the Lenni Lenape, or Delaware people as we are now known, reaches far back before the arrival of the Europeans.  Since much has been lost over time, it is perhaps best to begin in the forested waterways of the Hudson River Valley.  Ranging from “. . . the states of New Jersey and Delaware, that part of southeastern Pennsylvania lying between the Susquehanna and Delaware rivers, and the southeastern part of New York state west of the Hudson” (Weslager 1972: 33)”

*Updated quote sourced from federal recognized Lenape nation website: https://www.delawarenation-nsn.gov/history/

More sources can be found through a search on the our website. Link in bio! 🍃🌎

#climatecrisis #fossilfuelfree #indigenous #indigenousland #nativeamerican #nativeland
This is Lenni Lenape land. ~ the Greater Delaware This is Lenni Lenape land. ~ the Greater Delaware River watershed from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, up along the Hudson River, to the Susquehanna River and down through parts of the Delmarva Peninsula (Maryland / Virginia areas).

In more than 1,500 years of human settlement, the Delaware River has known many names. The Lenni Lenape, who were settled in the Delaware Valley by 600 CE, called it Pautaxat, Mariskitton, Makerishkisken, Lenape and Whittuck.

EVERYONE can + should be stewards of the land - respect to all who fought to end fracking in this territory. ✊🏾

Reposted from • @nrdc_org A momentous victory! 🎉 Fracking is now *banned* in the Delaware River Basin! Fracking is a dangerous activity that threatens public health and our environment, and fuels the #ClimateCrisis. The historic vote by the @DRBC1961 signals a strong stance in favor of a #FossilFuelFree future.

Link in bio for the details!

#BanItInTheBasin #DRBC #DRBCfrackbanvote
#fullfrackban#DRBfrackban #dontfracktheDRB
#DRBC
*NEW* We’re launching an IGTV + YOUTUBE series! *NEW* We’re launching an IGTV + YOUTUBE series! 🎉🎉🎉

One of the Native Land mandates is to put Indigenous Voices first.  

We've played with a few strategies to establish this and are now entering the next phase through promotion, celebration and education of our culture, language, history and decolonized future-forward goals as Indigenous Peoples.

As an Indigenous-led non-profit organization, we’re working daily to expand and further develop the digital map of Indigenous Territories around the globe.  

Our team has grown, our systems have evolved and we are looking at the future with bold intentions.

Join us LIVE every week as we share Indigenous Voices in conversations of language, arts, decolonized practices, land stewardship, elder stories, educational resources and so much more! 

The question we put forward is:

How can you respectfully stay connected to the land you are on?

Beginning this week! 

Welcome to our new series: 

AMPLIFYING INDIGENOUS VOICES

VOLUME ONE 

#indigenouslanguages #indigenousresistance #indigenous #indigenousart #nativeland #nativeamerican #whoselandareyouon #indigenouslivesmatter #indigenousvoices #indigenousvoicesrising #decolonize #liberate #landback #IGTV #igtvchannel #nonprofit #nonprofitorganization #digitalmapping #map #education
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