Map Sources
Over the years, many of the following sources and maps have been taken down or have gone offline. I originally meant to keep a strict record of my sources, but it has proven difficult as there have been many changes due to sources exchanged in emails, small adjustments due to personal knowledge, or simply times when I’ve been too busy to mark down the source.
My priority of sources goes as follows:
- Territory maps according to Indigenous nations themselves (preferring more expansive to more restrictive maps)
- Historical research or individual maps pertaining to specific nations
- Conglomerate map sources such as maps that can be found on Wikipedia or other encyclopedic sources.
- Colonial map sources (which often contain naming errors and inaccurate boundaries, or strong political motivations)
Obviously, it is very difficult to find good sources across the board. As such, the map is always in need of better sources.
In any case, here are some of the sources I have used in the creation of the site — please note this is not a comprehensive list and many sources may not be listed. Please contact me if you need a better source on a particular area.
- Aaron Capella – Tribal Nations Maps
- General maps & mashup of BC treaties and territories – Nativemaps.org maps
- BC languages – First Peoples’ Language Map
- Canada languages – Muturzikin.com
- BC territories – bced.gov.bc.ca
- Partial treaty map – Goodevidence.org (page no longer active)
- Yukon territories PDF – EnvironmentYukon.ca
- Heiltsuk territory – Elroy White’s SFU thesis, “Heiltsuk stone fish traps: Products of my ancestors’ labour”
- Treaties, claims, and more across Canada
- Quebec First Nations
- Northwest Territories assorted land claims map
- Canada treaties map
- Sinixt Nation maps
- Anishinabek nation map (Gas stations) (page no longer active)
- Beaver Lake Cree territory (page no longer active)
- Cree of Eeyou Istchee (page no longer active)
- Moose Cree map
- Woodland Cree map
- Blackfoot map
- Assiniboine map
- Mi’kmaq in Newfoundland
- First Nations in United States
- Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes (page no longer active)
- Kelly Lake Metis Settlement Society (Site C Proposal)
- Squamish territory and villages (page no longer active)
- Huron-Wendat in Toronto area
- General map to cover Cree areas
- Manitoba map and Ojibway
- Saanich territories (page no longer active)
- Pre-1975 Quebec treaties (page no longer active)
- James Bay Agreement (PDF)
- Modern Treaties
- Alberta treaty map
- Haldimand Treaty
- General northern map
- Gitga’at territory (page no longer active)
- List of traditional territory maps
- Oregon map
- Washington map
- California tribes and languages
- The Ways (Central Great Lakes)
- Ojibwe map
- Dakota/Lakota traditional lands
- Pawnee and others
- Meskwakwi
- Ute (page no longer active)
- Western USA, used for Arapaho, Cheyenne
- Modern distribution of languages USA
- USA languages map (page no longer active)
- Alaskan languages
- Inuit languages
- Cowlitz tribe
- Paiute (south) (page no longer active)
- Apache
- Apache 2
- NunatuKavut
- American treaties
- Huron-Wendat (Quebec) (page no longer active)
- Mechoopda Maidu
- Odawa territory
- Semiahmoo territory
- Nlaka’pamux territory (page no longer active)
- Potumtuc territory (page no longer active)
- Hawaii map
- Hawaii (Ahupuaa Layer –Historic Land Divisions)
- Language and Location – A Map Annotation Project (Diverse Languages and Cultures Maps)
- Indigenous languages and territories in Mexico
- Indigenous peoples in contemporary Mexico
Language, Territory, and Treaty Resources
This page contains all of the links to all of the different nation’s websites, language resources, and treaty resources linked individually on the map. You can open up the tabs below and scroll through to find the resource you are looking for.