Tag Archives: territory

(Entry 3) Website: Native Land

Website: Native Land

This second interactive map provides the user with the opportunity to enter a location within the search box and extract relevant information on treaties, territories, and/or languages found within that particular location within Canada.
The map also comes with a Teacher’s Guide explaining how maps can “potentially function as colonial artifacts and represent a very particular way of seeing the world – a way primarily concerned with ownership, exclusivity, and power relations” (‘NativeLand.ca – Teacher’s Guide’, n.d.)

LINK:
Native Land

NativeLand.ca. (n.d.). Retrieved 6 November 2018, from https://native-land.ca/

(Entry 1) Article/Website: A Short History of Treaty Nomenclature in Ontario

Article/Website: A Short History of Treaty Nomenclature in Ontario

This article on Activehistory.ca provides a brief overview/explanation of the names of the treaties for each territory in Ontario and how their names came to be; this is a great reference article for those looking for a quick, concise explanation of the treaty naming conventions (and the history behind how treaties came to be named) in Ontario. There are links to other resources within the article and maps as well.

LINK: A short history of treaty nomenclature in Ontario

A Short History of Treaty Nomenclature in Ontario. (2018, November 5). Retrieved 6 November 2018, from http://activehistory.ca/2018/11/a-short-history-of-treaty-nomenclature-in-ontario/