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It is increasingly important to identify the aboriginal boundaries between the time of first European contact and British sovereignty. A number of maps bearing on the location of the Sinixt Tribe’s aboriginal territory of the Arrow Lakes Tribe (sn’ʕay’ckstx or Sinixt) were drafted between 1811 (date of first contact) and 1846 (date of regional sovereignty as a result of the Treaty of Oregon). These maps demonstrate that European interlopers into Sinixt territory during that period gradually became more and more aware of the extent of Sinixt territory, influence, and trading capacity until 1846, when Sinixt territory was very well known in Canada, the United States, and Europe.
Indigenous maps are critical in understanding the historic and current land tenure of Indigenous groups. Furthermore, Indigenous claims to land can be seen in their connections via toponymy. European concepts of territory and political boundaries did not coincide with First Nation/American Indian views, resulting in the mistaken view that Natives did not have formal concepts of their territories. And Tribes/First Nations with cross-border territory have special jurisdictional problems. This paper illustrates how many Native residents were very spatially aware of their own lands, as well as neighboring nations’ lands, overlaps between groups, hunting territories, populations, and trade networks. Finally, the Sinixt First Nation serve as a perfect example of a case study on how an Aboriginal people are currently inputting and using a GIS representation of their territory with proper toponymy and use areas.
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