This Tribal Map Of America Reveals Whose Land You’re Actually Living On
October 12th marks Columbus Day, commemorating the landing of Christopher Columbus in the Americas in 1492. Is this occasion worth celebrating, though? Well, there are many different opinions out there. Turns out, a YouGov poll of more than 7,000 US adults found that Americans narrowly view the European explorer as more of a villain (40%) than a hero (32%). Moreover, these past few years, more and more US cities have been moving to rename the holiday Indigenous People’s Day as well as removing Christopher Columbus statues.
Despite all the controversial discussions, though the thing that we all could do around this time is to try our best to educate ourselves. You can never go wrong with that. Luckily, there’s an interactive Native Land map out there that can help us with that.
More info: native-land.ca
The project is run by Victor Temprano from Canada, who began working on it back in 2015
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Native Land is an app as well as a website designed to show people what indigenous groups once lived in places they currently live in. All you need to do is enter the zip code or type the name of the town you’re interested in and the interactive map will zoom in on your inquiry, color-code it, and reveal data on the area’s Indigenous history, original language, and tribal ties.
The map currently covers the USA, Canada, much of Mexico, Australia, South Africa, and some territories in South America
Image credits: native-land
The Native Land project is run by Victor Temprano from British Columbia, Canada, who began working on it back in 2015. Apparently, the app currently covers the USA, Canada, much of Mexico, Australia, South Africa, and some territories in South America.
All you need to do is enter the zip code or type the name of a place
Image credits: native-land
“I feel that Western maps of Indigenous nations are very often inherently colonial, in that they delegate power according to imposed borders that don’t really exist in many nations throughout history,” the creator explains on the website. “They were rarely created in good faith, and are often used in wrong ways.”
After that, the map reveals data on the area’s Indigenous history, original language, and tribal ties
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Temprano told Mashable that the map initially served as a “kind of resource pointed at settlers and non-indigenous people to, in a not-too-confrontational way, start thinking about indigenous history.” Since then, though, it’s become a much broader resource, used by native folks and teachers in school.
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According to Mashable, who had a chance to talk to the creator of the project, Native Land is constantly being updated with user feedback. Besides, the project recently hired a research assistant to help edit currently mapped territories, add new territories, and include relevant historical background.
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I love this map. Since we don't have a full picture of pre-Columbian America (North or South), this at least helps us know the history of where we live, and who came before us. As many point out, migration, blah blah, normal, blah blah ------ but for the record, my great-great-whatever ancestors were wiped out by disease brought by Europeans, not superior technology, and were pushed out of their original homelands by other tribes, who were then displaced by Europeans. It's not simple or pretty, but at least this is a starting point. Much like the French learning about the Celts/Gauls overrun by Caesar, say? ...
@Scyth, you idiot, I mentiond my great-greats were *Native American*. You want assimilation? Cherokee Nation, eastern. And it's not EVOLUTION to do that. It's survival. Evolution is a different process entirely. Get an education.
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I’m still not sure how this is all Trump’s fault, but somehow it is.
For Maxine Finkelstein: The first Europeans weren't at Plymouth Rock. The Jamestown Colony in Virginia was 16 years earlier, the Spanish were in Florida about 80 years before, and the Vikings were in the New World about 800 years before the Pilgrims.
It was not Christopher Columbus that killed the native Americans, imported slaves etc.., just trying to pass the blame for what YOU and your ancestors did, shame on you.
the war of conquest by the whites against the native Americans was wrong... but have you noticed the US is the only country that has reservations? the white Spanish conquerors did not recognize any land rights by the native tribes. that is why there are no reservations in any land owned by spain... the reservations function as a "state within a state"... the tribes have retained a surprising amount of political power... my great grandmother got a letter saying she could have 160 acres of OK for free if she would go up there and homestead for two years... they were too poor to do that, so they lost that land (dawes act when they divided up OK)...
And do you also notice how people complain about the unfair treatment of the natives are mostly from the USA? Some are just hellbent on bashing it.
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how about you f**k off. i was born in 1982. i didnt steal f**k all from anyone. c**t
The last picture doesn't even show all of the Nations... Washington state has many many Nations. My son is a Stillaguamish and I was doing some volunteer work for them. One of the papers was showing the Nations in North, Central, and South America.
this is an amazing resource, and it's really interesting to see the language overlaps among tribes. it's also neat to see how the tribes generally had much smaller territories the closer they were to the ocean, whereas in the middle of a land mass they would have had to roam much further to find resources.
the link https://native-land.ca/ is not working... do you have one that works?
"The earth is the Lord’s, and all it contains, The world, and those who dwell in it." Ps 24:1 It's not your land, the Native Americans land or my land...
So, you're okay if I just break into your house, then?
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A country built on the bodies of the actual natives, then establishes itself as the center of all that is justice and rightful... dark comedy at its best, you don't deserve the very land you live on.
I read above about a guy who wanted the map of the indigenous people of Europe ... Very humorous, I would say.
Well, if you wait for fifty years he might then have a point.
Load More Replies... The amount of butthurt Americans, who don't want to admit their ancestors committed genocide and are downvoting this is crazy!
And it's not only Americans, it's also the Canadians who are still treating their natives wayy worse than the US is currently.
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it says in the article that it also covers canada, mexico, south africa, australia, and many parts of south america. if you live somewhere that never corralled its native people into tiny pockets of land, then no, it may not have anything to show you.
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Nobody's asked you to move. Or anyone else. BTW, bringing novel diseases isn't better technology. It was luck. The map shows what was here before, as far as we know, and notes vanished cultures. The end. Peace.
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I love this map. Since we don't have a full picture of pre-Columbian America (North or South), this at least helps us know the history of where we live, and who came before us. As many point out, migration, blah blah, normal, blah blah ------ but for the record, my great-great-whatever ancestors were wiped out by disease brought by Europeans, not superior technology, and were pushed out of their original homelands by other tribes, who were then displaced by Europeans. It's not simple or pretty, but at least this is a starting point. Much like the French learning about the Celts/Gauls overrun by Caesar, say? ...
@Scyth, you idiot, I mentiond my great-greats were *Native American*. You want assimilation? Cherokee Nation, eastern. And it's not EVOLUTION to do that. It's survival. Evolution is a different process entirely. Get an education.
Load More Replies... I’m still not sure how this is all Trump’s fault, but somehow it is.
For Maxine Finkelstein: The first Europeans weren't at Plymouth Rock. The Jamestown Colony in Virginia was 16 years earlier, the Spanish were in Florida about 80 years before, and the Vikings were in the New World about 800 years before the Pilgrims.
It was not Christopher Columbus that killed the native Americans, imported slaves etc.., just trying to pass the blame for what YOU and your ancestors did, shame on you.
the war of conquest by the whites against the native Americans was wrong... but have you noticed the US is the only country that has reservations? the white Spanish conquerors did not recognize any land rights by the native tribes. that is why there are no reservations in any land owned by spain... the reservations function as a "state within a state"... the tribes have retained a surprising amount of political power... my great grandmother got a letter saying she could have 160 acres of OK for free if she would go up there and homestead for two years... they were too poor to do that, so they lost that land (dawes act when they divided up OK)...
And do you also notice how people complain about the unfair treatment of the natives are mostly from the USA? Some are just hellbent on bashing it.
Load More Replies... Thank you so much sir Dr Okokoma herbal home, for curing my herpes virus totally. Am so grateful sir Dr Okokoma herbal home you are indeed a great herbalist and you have been curing people of their various virus. viewers if you are suffering from any virus and you don't know the cure to it, rush now and contact this great herbalist on his personal email[ Drokokoma@gmail.com or WhatsApp him on +2349159223633 For your sure cure.
how about you f**k off. i was born in 1982. i didnt steal f**k all from anyone. c**t
The last picture doesn't even show all of the Nations... Washington state has many many Nations. My son is a Stillaguamish and I was doing some volunteer work for them. One of the papers was showing the Nations in North, Central, and South America.
this is an amazing resource, and it's really interesting to see the language overlaps among tribes. it's also neat to see how the tribes generally had much smaller territories the closer they were to the ocean, whereas in the middle of a land mass they would have had to roam much further to find resources.
the link https://native-land.ca/ is not working... do you have one that works?
"The earth is the Lord’s, and all it contains, The world, and those who dwell in it." Ps 24:1 It's not your land, the Native Americans land or my land...
So, you're okay if I just break into your house, then?
Load More Replies... A country built on the bodies of the actual natives, then establishes itself as the center of all that is justice and rightful... dark comedy at its best, you don't deserve the very land you live on.
I read above about a guy who wanted the map of the indigenous people of Europe ... Very humorous, I would say.
Well, if you wait for fifty years he might then have a point.
Load More Replies... The amount of butthurt Americans, who don't want to admit their ancestors committed genocide and are downvoting this is crazy!
And it's not only Americans, it's also the Canadians who are still treating their natives wayy worse than the US is currently.
Load More Replies... it says in the article that it also covers canada, mexico, south africa, australia, and many parts of south america. if you live somewhere that never corralled its native people into tiny pockets of land, then no, it may not have anything to show you.
Load More Replies... Nobody's asked you to move. Or anyone else. BTW, bringing novel diseases isn't better technology. It was luck. The map shows what was here before, as far as we know, and notes vanished cultures. The end. Peace.
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