Learn to say the names
Mispronouncing a nation's name while claiming to honour it undercuts the whole gesture. Most nations publish audio or a pronunciation guide. Look for it, practise, and if you can't find one, ask rather than guess.
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Listed in the order the dataset returns them. The order carries no meaning — it is not a ranking, and overlapping territories are not competing claims.
A starting point, not a script
This is generated from a list of names. It has no relationship to you, this place, or these nations until you give it one. Rewrite it in your own words before you use it.
Before you read one aloud
Use the present tense
These nations are not historical. Say are, not were. An acknowledgement that treats Indigenous people as a closed chapter does the opposite of what it intends.
Check with the nations themselves
Boundaries here are approximate and contested, and some nations have specific wording they prefer or ask you not to use. The nation's own office is the authority — this page is not.
Attach it to something
Widely criticised as an empty ritual when it stands alone. Pair it with something concrete: who you're paying, funding, hiring, returning land to, or showing up for.
About this map's boundaries
This map does not represent or intend to represent official or legal boundaries of any Indigenous nations. To learn about definitive boundaries, contact the nations in question.
It is also not perfect — it is a work in progress built from community contributions, oral history, treaties, and written records. Territories overlap, shift over time, and are sometimes disputed. Treat every result here as the beginning of your research, not the end of it.