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#Native Land

Native Land (http://native-land.ca/) is a web app with Google Maps API for mapping Indigenous territories, languages, and treaties across Turtle Island (North America).

###Data

• Data sources are listed on the resources page
• Are a vast array of different maps and resources cobbled together and open to revisions
• Stored in geoJSONs in the coordinates/ directory

###API

For API docs and examples, see http://native-land.ca/api/index.html.

This app is simply meant to sit on top of Google maps and provide a map of native land. This is starting in British Columbia, Canada, but if I establish a good framework it should work anywhere.

I got the idea for this app while driving along the Sea-to-Sky highway between Vancouver and Squamish in BC. Many of the road signs had the local language place names for rivers, towns, and more, in brackets underneath the English names. I thought "why isn't the English in brackets...?"

###Questions or Concerns

Please send me a note anytime at [email protected] if you have a question.