Maps of Coast Tsimshian

First Nations of British Columbia


First Nations of British Columbia

Map Creator:   University of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology
Source:   University of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology
Contact:   infomoa.ubc.ca, Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia, 6393 N.W. Marine Dr, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2, 604.827.5932
Usage Notes/Copyright Status:   Property of University of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology
Date Created:   1994

Map Description:
From original source: "The intent is to provide a more accurate representation of First Nations in British Columbia. Boundaries shown are language areas and not an authoritative depiction of tribal territories. The names listed are the ones First peoples prefer to call themselves. Terms and spellings do not reflect all dialects or names used by First Nations living within the illustrated regions." The creators also note that this map is regularly revised.



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Languages of Alaska and Canada


Languages of Alaska and Canada

Source:   The PROEL map of Alaska and Canada
The LINGUIST List MultiTree Language Database.

Date Downloaded:   01/01/2010
Map Description:
This map focuses on contact languages, and gives only language family information for the Algonquian and Athabascan languages.
More information on the individual languages can be obtained by right-clicking on the map and following the links to the Multitree database, or by going to the PROEL project site.




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Northern North America: Tsimshianic: Time of Contact



Tsimshianic in Northern North America at the Time of Contact

Data Sources:  
Golla, Victor, Ives Goddard, Lyle Camplbell, Marianne Mithun and Mauricio Mixco. 2007. North America. In R. E. Asher & Christopher Moseley (eds.), Atlas of the World's Languages. 41. Oxford: Routledge.
Date Digitized:   May 2010.

Map Description:
The polygons represent areas where Tsimshianic languages were spoken when they were first encountered and knowledge of them was recorded.

This original map was made by vectorizing data from the MultiTree language database and the Atlas of the World's Languages.


Other resources related to this project:
This folder (Northern North America: Time of Contact) contains other maps showing linguistic subgroups at the time of contact. The maps may be overlaid on each other for a more complete picture.


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