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- Registration is open for the 2010 National Tribal GIS Conference in Albuquerque NM October 18-21 - http://bit.ly/bXiutO are *you* going? — 1 day 22 hours ago
- paper about tribal mapping in Taiwan within the Truku - apparently gov't assistance made things harder, not easier: http://bit.ly/b6ZnqA — 3 days 22 hours ago
- Also working to get our twitter posts to show up on the site #maybesomeday — 1 week 14 hours ago
- yay! we have a new map of our members! check it out: http://nativemaps.org/map/user #LongTimeComing — 1 week 15 hours ago
- New (super cool) job on the AMN: Head of Knowledge Systems, Ecotrust Australia. http://nativemaps.org/node/3739 UOM mapping & Atlas? Yipee! — 1 week 3 days ago
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Posted December 9th, 2009 by ElianaWe've joined Twitter, and have created Facebook and LinkedIn groups. You can find us here:
http://twitter.com/nativemaps
http://www.facebook.com/#/group.php?v=wall&ref=ts&gid=169254890834
Question for all on Native or traditional place names
Posted May 14th, 2010 by ElianaGreetings,
As part of the USGS mapping efforts, the Awe are very interested in Geographic Names (place names) and a developing part of this are Native American place names or traditional place names. I know there has been a lot of work done with these names in Idaho and even in Hawaii, but I'm not really aware of any other efforts or interest in Washington State.
'Living Proof' wins Canadian book design award
Posted March 31st, 2010 by Greg KehmThe recently published book on Indigenous use-and-occupancy map surveys titled "Living Proof" authored by Terry N. Tobias and co-published by Ecotrust Canada and the Union of BC Indian Chiefs has been awarded a 2010 Alcuin National Book Design Award.
From the Alcuin Society Press Release March 31, 2010:
Review "Clues on the Map: Using Historical Maps to Recreate California Indigenous Lanscapes in a GIS" Ruth Askevold, SFEI
Posted December 21st, 2009 by AnaReview by: Melissa V. Eitzel
