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More than 3,000 Indigenous communities in Canada have been added to Google Maps - and it's about time, Indigenous people say... click here for the original article. In Canada, indigenous people are also known as the "First Nations", acknowledging that they were in what is now modern Canada before Europeans and those from other continents encountered North America.
An NPR report on a special map of Native American tribes using their own language and names (toponyms) to show the distribution of Native peoples across North America. In the United States, indigenous peoples are those who are also known as American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Hawaiian Natives and Pacific Islanders. Related to the previous map is one created for Alaskan tribes and indigenous peoples. The study of place names is a cross between historical, linguistic, geographic, political, and religious or cultural interests. Who gets to name a geographic location or landscape feature? Does the name have any cultural or historical significance? Has it changed over time?
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