You’re seeing a new kind of map.
Our Constellation Map reimagines how Indigenous nations can be shown by highlighting relationships, connections, and presence rather than strict borders.
This map displays nations as glowing points linked together in a constellation-like network, with only faint hints of territorial shapes in the background. It’s a way of inviting users to explore Indigenous land, waters, and people through a more interconnected lens.
Search and click as usual to see more. Also, don't worry – you can still access the classic territories map at any time.
For many years, our original territories map helped people begin learning about the Indigenous histories and relationships tied to place. Its overlapping polygons challenged conventional expectations of what a map “should” look like and encouraged millions of visitors to think differently about land and belonging.
Over time, though, the old map also became familiar, and sometimes too tied to Western ideas of fixed boundaries and exact territorial edges. While those polygons remain important and are still visible when you search or click, we wanted to explore a way of mapping that reflects something broader: movement, kinship, interconnection, and the relationships that tie peoples to each other and to the land.
The Constellation Map is our next step in that experiment.
Here, Nations appear as points of light connected by a loose network, hinting at stories, relationships, and shared geographies that don’t fit neatly inside drawn borders. The territorial polygons are still present at a low opacity, grounding the map in the data we’ve always used — but the focus shifts toward a more relational, less bounded way of seeing Indigenous presence on the land.
We see this as ongoing work. Indigenous mapping is always evolving, and so are we. If you have thoughts or ideas, we’d love to hear from you in our Discord community.