How do we feel about Whose Land?
How do we feel about Whose Land?
It's a web-app whose primary function is mapping out treaties and homelands of Indigenous peoples around the world (but mostly on Turtle Island). The site also maps out historical residential schools as well as present-day Indigenous communities, Native-owned businesses, and what it calls "leadership stories", and provides various resources around land acknowledgements and such.
I think the site is a good jumping off point for learning about the history of a particular piece of territory on Turtle Island — I have used it for this purpose on several occasions — but the site still strikes me as a bit… I dunno, "Native Capitalism-y"? Which isn't a "bad" thing on its own, but I think means you should use Whose Land with an awareness of the position of Native capitalists relative to both (Native) proletarians and settler capitalists. It's the whole idea of the national bourgeoisie, you know.
It also strikes me how Palestinians are not listed as an Indigenous population on the map.