Atlases & Maps

Book review of Circumpolar Health Atlas edited by T. Kue Young, Rajiv Rawat, Winfried Dallmann, Susan Chatwood and Peter Bjerregaard.

Presents various maps of Canadian provinces with the status of claims.

A study that reveals the demographics and geography of poverty in Saskatoon and the significant disproportion of Aboriginal people living in poverty.

Paper presents a case study of critical issues in the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) within the tribal government of one of ten demonstration projects selected.

Examines the spiritual aspect of the location and the human and natural forces that caused it to be abandoned.

Describes and compares health care systems in the northern regions of the Arctic countries.

The introduction states that "the following vocabularies are presented about 211 words of one or more dialiects of every Indian language spoken on the Pacific slope from the Columbia River north to the Tshilikat River". A map of the distribution of these languages is appended.

Discusses sea ice characteristics from an Indigenous knowledge perspective; and looks at the history and future of sea ice knowledge and terminology.

Geography and Regional Development Thesis (M.A.)--University of Arizona, 2006.

Geographical map of the Indigenous cultural regions of North America.

Geography and Environmental Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2005.

Discusses how a digital map of Amiskwaciwaskahikan (Cree for Edmonton, Alberta), along with an overlay of Treaty 6 Indigenous maps onto a conventional map can be used to show Indigenous people were in Canada in a tangible way. Also looks at the Ogimaa Mikana project in Toronto, Ontario.

Negative of a map displaying details of the Batoche Area, where one of the major battles of the Northwest Resistance took place.

Compares the prevalence of diabetes with a focus on the impact of living in isolated rural communities.

Shows locations where payments were made and proportion to total amount paid to former students of residential schools. Source: Single Access to Dispute Resolution Enterprise (SADRE) data from September 19, 2007 to March 31, 2016.

Shows amount and number range for each province based on location of residential school for which compensation received.

Map shows population concentration by linguistic families. Original print version from Historical Atlas of Canada, v. 1 edited by R. Cole Harris ; Geoffrey J. Matthews, cartographer and designer.

Book review of Eastern Sámi Atlas by Tero Mustonen and Kaisu Mustonen.

Shows location, number of students, and whether community is under the Indian Act, Land Management Act or is self-governing.

The Eighth Annual Report of the United States Board of Indian Commissioners includes reports of living conditions on reservations; correspondence and transcripts of meetings between government officials and Aboriginal chiefs and officials; and lists of Indian Agencies with names of tribes and agents. Includes a map of the Nex Perce Indian Reservation located in present-day Idaho.

Historical note:

Harold Nelson Woodsworth served as an Indian Agent at a number of agencies in Saskatchewan.

Discussions on the emergency preparedness needs of northern Indigenous communities with highlights of key issues and obstacles for success including geography, population density, infrastructure, communications, and climate change.

3rd Edition.

Discusses journals of Robert Tindall and his maps, which are primary resource for 17th century settlement and tribal locations.

Shows First Nation name, reserve name, election system, Chief's name, population, address for Band Office, location of Tribal Councils, and Tribal Council -First Nation relationship.

As of December 2012.

Boundaries shown are approximate geographical locations. Latest revision November 24, 2011.

Boundaries shown are by language and names listed are those First peoples prefer to call themselves.

Maps and information about Indigenous peoples of New France including Southern Algonquians, Northeastern Iroquoians, as well as peoples of the Plains, the Southeast and Inuit.

Province of Alberta.

Website provides student resource for First Nation and Inuit communities at time of first contact across North America. Includes maps and is organized by language.

Communities coded for whether they operate under the Indian Act, First Nations Land Management Act, or self-government.

Website contains index of languages, First Nations and brief biographies of community leaders. Includes audio links to key phrases in various languages.

Uses a map from AD1671 of the Swedish forest-Sami district to compare different forest Sami groups. Concludes that settlements are all close to rivers and lakes showing they fish as opposed to hunt.

Brief descriptions and locations on a map of pre-Clovis sites in North and South America.

Essay discusses the content of six recently published books: Indigenous Peoples: A Global Quest for Justice. Indigenous Peoples and the Nation-State: Fourth World Politics in Canada, Australia, and Norway edited by Noel Dyck. The GAIA Atlas of First Peoples: A Future for the Indigenous World by Julian Burger..[ et al.] "Nations Within": Aboriginal-State Relations in Canada, the United States, and New Zealand by Augie Fleras and Jean Leonard Elliott. Indigenous Peoples of the World: An Introduction to Their Past, Present and Future by Brian Goehring. State

Book review of: From Rupert's Land to Canada edited by Theodore Binnema, Gerhard J. Ens and R. C. Macleod.

Re-examines the violent first contact encounters between Indigenous people and Europeans.

Site contains links to Indigenous historical and contemporary material drawn from the Canadian Museum of Civilization's artifact and archival collections including thousands of photographs.

Overview of a special journal issue which focuses on articles about Inuit knowledge of sea ice use and the research being conducted regarding preservation and transmission of this knowledge.

Websites includes photographs of American Indians posing in Aboriginal dress or activities during the U.S. Geological and Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian and the Powell Survey of the Colorado River Canyons.

Links to several mapping resources: historical, reserve communities, land claim settlements, demographic, aerial, satelllite imagery, and others.

Profiles various mapping practices that lead to success when implementing geomatics programs in Canada.

Provincial government site providing links to programs and services, publications and documentations, claims and demands under heading Relations to Aboriginal peoples.

Pronunciation guide with links to maps of territories, boundaries for land consultation, and consultative areas.

Interactive online atlas of history, culture and traditional knowledge of the Gwich'in.