Downloads

Indigenous American Nations, 16th century - 2022 edition

All downloads here are in the public domain and free of copyright, and may be reproduced and modified for any purpose. I encourage anyone to build upon the map and make it better.

Original Full-Color Map

• High-resolution JPG for web viewing. Mercator projection. (12mb, 5832x9332 pixels)
• Ultra-high-resolution JPG for large-format printing. Designed for 36 x 57½ inch wall map at 300dpi. Mercator projection. (25mb, 10800x17200 pixels)

Simplified Map

• Vector PDF with simple boundary lines. Simplified territory boundaries designed for letter-size printing. Equidistant conic projection. (3mb)
  NOTE: In reality, many traditional territories overlap each other without the need for strict land borders. These simplified lines are only used to improve readability.

Shapefiles, approximate boundaries

NOTE: For easier readability, these shapes have been simplified to avoid overlapping. But in reality, many areas of land have been shared by multiple Indigenous nations without hard borders.

• SHP file for use in GIS software. (270kb)
• KML file for Google Earth. (670 kb)
• Approximate territory shapes in Google Maps.

Other Maps

• I created this Diné bizaad map of the bus routes in the Navajo Nation Transit system in 2019, in the style of a city metro map. It's most likely outdated now, but I'm still quite happy with how cool-looking it turned out.