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Resources on Historical Maps, Colonialism and Indigenous People An overview of informative resources about the political and cultural issues related to historical maps. Mar 29, 2021 ...
Native Land Digital, a Canadian nonprofit, offers resources for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people to learn more about the land and its history. It hopes its map will be just a part of that journey.
Western maps, imbued with the history and power structures of colonialism, often erase Indigenous people and culture from their traditional lands. Now, Indigenous cartographers are countering that ...
The LandMark map is harnessing the power of cartography to help indigenous peoples defend their lands. “More indigenous territory has been claimed by maps than by guns.” So wrote geographer Bernard ...
Over the years dozens of cities and even entire states, from San Francisco to Alaska, have decided to stop celebrating Columbus Day, instead honoring native peoples of the U.S. with Indigenous ...
Indigenous peoples whose land rights have often been exploited due to lack of maps and data have a new tool to help secure their rights: a global interactive map of the land they claim called ...
It’s not the kind of Los Angeles County map people expect to see. Instead of geographic markers, it shows languages. The Pico-Union and Westlake areas light up with red and green dots for ...
A global interactive map called LandMark helps indigenous peoples worldwide prove that their land is not vacant, idle, or available for outside exploitation.
Native Land Digital, a Canadian nonprofit, offers resources for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people to learn more about the land and its history. It hopes its map will be just a part of that journey.