Home Territories of Indigenous Artists Represented

  • Chippewa Cree
  • Hunkpapa Lakota
  • Peoria
  • Red River Métis 
  • Kwakwaka'wakw: Alert Bay, Mamalele-qala-qwe-qwa-sotonox
  • lək̓ʷəŋən
  • W̱SÁNEĆ
  • Peguis Cree
  • Mi'kmaw
  • Saulteaux
  • Kahkewistahaw Cree 
  • Nlaka'pamux
  • Kwikwasutinuxw Haxwa'mis
  • Sayisi Dene
  • Nuu-Cha-Nulth

    Note: identities were supplied by the artists. Some names refer to specific nations, others to encompassing territories. For example:     Red River Métis are a people found in wider area than "Winnipeg." Kwakwaka'wakw territory reaches from northern Vancouver Island (Crab Island) southeast to mid-Island, as well as the eastern smaller islands and inlets. It consists of 18 nations. Nuu-Cha-Nulth territory encompasses the northwest coast of Crab Island, below Kwakwaka'wakw territory, and has several nations within it. Saulteaux territory extends farther west and east than depicted, due to forced colonial migration. Most of the artists were either born in shoreline territories, or now live in these territories as guests. 
         Artificial colonial boundaries are depicted, in the interest of assisting to locate territories in colonial minds. For further 
         orientation: Chippewa Cree peoples' territory is directly below mid-Alberta. Hunkpapa Lakota peoples' territory 
         encompasses the "border" between North and South Dakota, below western Manitoba and eastern Saskatchewan. 
Maps: top, Kanata, Turtle Island, Government of Kanata, Indigenous "Services" [sic] Map Room, accessed online April 11th, 2026. https://geo.sac-isc.gc.ca/Collection_de_cartes-Map_room/index_en.html
Bottom: Lower part of Turtle Island, Great Plains, Encyclopedia Britannica, accessed online April 11th, 2026. https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/Great-Plains/274641

References

EBSCO. Peoria First Nations. Accessed online April 11th, 2026. https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/social-sciences-and-humanities/illinois-american-indian-tribe
Kahkewistahaw First Nation. Accessed online April 11th, 2026. https://www.kfn72.com/
Manitoba Métis Federation. Accessed online April 11th, 2026. https://www.mmf.mb.ca/the-red-river-metis-la-nouvelle-nation
Nuu-Chah-Nulth Tribal Council. Accessed online April 11th, 2026. https://nuuchahnulth.org/
Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders Council. Accessed online April 11th, 2026. https://www.rmtlc.org/chippewa-cree-of-rocky-boy/
Saulteaux First Nation. Accessed online April 11th, 2026. https://www.saulteauxfn.ca/
Sarah Hunt (2026). ES 413, Indigenous Political Ecologies of the Shoreline, University of Victoria
Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. Accessed online April 11th, 2026. https://www.sittingbull.edu/about/community/visitor-center/standing-rock-sioux-tribe/
Umista Potlatch. Accessed online April 11th, 2026. https://umistapotlatch.ca/notre_peuple-our_people-eng.php

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