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Palmer, Mark H. – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 2012
The centering processes of geographic information system (GIS) development at the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) was an extension of past cartographic encounters with American Indians through the central control of geospatial technologies, uneven development of geographic information resources, and extension of technically dependent…
Descriptors: Geographic Information Systems, United States History, American Indian History, American Indians
Pearce, Margaret Wickens; Louis, Renee Pualani – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 2008
Indigenous communities have successfully used Western geospatial technologies (GT) (for example, digital maps, satellite images, geographic information systems (GIS), and global positioning systems (GPS)) since the 1970s to protect tribal resources, document territorial sovereignty, create tribal utility databases, and manage watersheds. The use…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Indigenous Knowledge, Tribal Sovereignty, Geographic Information Systems
Smith, Laura – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 2008
The map is a primary tool in geographic research, and the discipline of geography has experienced a significant methodological transformation during the last three decades with the development and now near ubiquity of geographic information systems (GIS) technology. The introduction of this technology into Indian country has spurred a debate over…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Geography, Maps, Information Systems

Sutton, Imre – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 2002
Provides students of American Indian affairs with a schematic map survey in 10 subject areas that demonstrate stages in the history of Indian land tenure and territoriality. Pulls together relevant map sources and indicates their cartographic utility. Contains references in extensive notes. (SV)
Descriptors: American Indian History, American Indian Reservations, American Indian Studies, Atlases

Simpson, Leanne R.; Driben, Paul – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 2000
A land use mapping study in an Anishinaabe (Ojibwa) Indian Reserve in northern Ontario attempted to satisfy the demands of both academic and Aboriginal communities. Community elders provided extensive knowledge of the local environment, its history and cultural and spiritual significance, and the links between environmental and community…
Descriptors: American Indians, Canada Natives, Cartography, Chippewa (Tribe)