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Aboriginal Place Names
Alaska Native Place Names
Includes English name, Native name, language and source of verification. Approximately 270 entries.
"Almost Every Place, Every Rock, Had a Name": A Consideration of Place-name Density on King Island, Alaska
Arctic Bay Atlas
A Bibliography of the Iroquoian Literature, Partially Annotated
Canadian Indigenous Place Name Legislation and Policies
Discusses entities currently responsible for official place names and their processes, and some of the practicalities which need to be addressed when reverting to the Indigenous names.
Caribou, River and Ocean: Harvaqtuurmiut Landscape Organization and Orientation
Co-Managed Research: Non-Indigenous Thoughts on an Indigenous Toponymy Project in Northern British Columbia
The Cultural Politics of Place Naming in Québec: Toponymic Negotiation and Struggle in Aboriginal Territories
Final Report: Historical Place Names: A Case Study of Three Townships on the County of Peterborough
First (National) Space: (Ab)original (Re)Mappings of British Columbia
Frontier, Homeland and Sacred Space: A Collaborative Investigation into Cross-Cultural Perceptions of Place in the Thelon Game Sanctuary, Northwest Territories
Gazetteer of the Northwest Territories
Lists official geographic place names with official spellings and location.
The Geographical Names Used by the Indians of the Pacific Coast
Grade 4: Alsumsuti Ujit T’an Teli-l’nuimk = To Be Indigenous Is to be Free = Topelomosu Wen Skicinuwit
Content focused on the Mi'kmaq, Wolastoqewiyik, and Passamaquoddy (Peskotomuhkati) peoples of New Brunswick.
Guide to the Field Collection of Native Geographical Names
Habitat of Dogrib Traditional Territory: Place Names as Indicators of Biogeographical Knowledge
Republication with spelling updates for Tłı˛chò˛ (Dogrib) terms.
Indian Names of Places Near the Great Lakes
Indian Place Names
The Indian Place-Names on Long Island and Islands Adjacent with Their Probable Significations
Published for the John Jermain Memorial Library.
Indigenous and Minority Placenames: Australian and International Perspectives
Indigenous Naming Activities in Canada
Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada: Teacher's Kit for Giant Floor Map
Topics include climate change, demographics, Indigenous governance, housing, human rights, Indigenous languages, migration, famous people, original place names, residential schools, seasonal cycles, symbols, timeline, trade routes, and treaties, land disputes, agreements and rights.
Although activities were created for the giant floor map, they can be adapted to the printable tile version.
Indigenous Resurgence: Decolonialization and Movements for Environmental Justice
Indigenous Toponyms as Pedagogical Tools: Reflections from Research with Tl'azt'en Nation, British Columbia
Introduction: [Études/Inuit/Studies, Vol. 28, 2004]
Inuit Place Names and Land-Use History on the Harvaqtuuq [Kazan River], Nunavut Territory
Inuit Place-Names and Man-Land Relationships, Pelly Bay, Northwest Territories
Inuit Siku (Sea Ice) Atlas
Islands of Truth: The Imperial Fashioning of Vancouver Island
Learning to Talk to the Land: Online Stewardship in Taku River Tlingit Territory
Maps and Memes: Redrawing Culture, Place, and Identity in Indigenous Communities
Maps and Memes: Redrawing Culture, Place and Identity in Indigenous Communities
Native Claims and Place Names in Canada's Western Arctic
Native Space: Geographic Strategies to Unsettle Settler Colonialism
Nooksack Place Names: Geography, Culture, and Language
Nooksack Place Names: Geography, Culture and Language
[Nooksack Place Names. Part 1]
[Nooksack Place Names. Part II]
Nunatuqaq: Geographic DNA
On the Importance of Language: Reclaiming Indigenous Place Names at Wasagamack ᐘᕊᑲᒪᕁ First Nation, Manitoba, Canada
On Top of the World: Ernest S. Burch, Jr.'s Contribution to the 1983 National Geographic Society Peoples of the Arctic Map
Original Place Names in Arctic Lands
Resource includes general information, links to external web sites, and an interactive map which lists Inuit place names, meaning and settler place names.
Pausing Along the Journey: Learning Landscapes, Environmental Change, and Toponymy Amongst the Sikusilarmiut
Place-Names of the Island Halkomelem Indian People
Public Resource Management and Inuit Toponymy: Implementing Policies to Maintain Human-Environmental Knowledge in Nunavut
Saltwater People as Told by Dave Elliott Sr.: A Resource Book for the Saanich Native Studies Program
Revised edition.