This App Can Tell You the Indigenous History of the Land You Live On [yesmagazine.org]

Alicia Doktor 4/17/184:00 AM

You cannot find a corner of this continent that does not hold ancient history, Indigenous value, and pre-colonial place names and stories. And every place we occupy was once the homeland for other people, most of whom didn’t leave willingly.

Whose land are you on? Start with a visit to native-land.ca. Native Land is both a website and an app that seeks to map Indigenous languages, treaties, and territories across Turtle Island. You might type in New York, New York, for example, and find that the five boroughs are actually traditional Lenape and Haudenosaunee territory.

On the website and in the app, you can enter the ZIP code or Canadian or American name for any town. The interactive map will zoom in on your inquiry, color-code it, and pull up data on the area’s Indigenous history, original language, and tribal ties.

[For more on this story by Chelsey Luger, go to http://www.yesmagazine.org/iss...you-live-on-20180416]

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Robert OlcottMember

With limited history, etc. I tried to locate the former [independent] "Republic of Indian Nation", which was "annexed" by the Sheriff of Coos County, NH, reportedly about 1896. It had been 'located' between the U.S. and Canada, and was 'taken' and added to an existing/abutting part of Pittsburg, N.H. ... I was able to access much of the former Iroquois Confederacy territory...It is quite the 'APP'. Thank You, YES magazine, and Alicia Doktor.

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