Sources and credits
Every outside dataset and work this atlas draws on, with its credit line and terms.
Tribal Lands Ceded to the United States (USDA Forest Service)
Boundary data: Tribal Lands Ceded to the United States, USDA Forest Service (Geospatial Service and Technology Center; Office of Tribal Relations), based on C. C. Royce, Indian Land Cessions in the United States (1899). Modified by Benjamin Life (@omniharmonic): re-projected, simplified, dates and legal types derived. Licensed CC BY 4.0 per Data.gov. Not a legal document; do not use to determine title, ownership, boundaries, or jurisdiction.
Terms as stated: CC BY 4.0 (Data.gov); agency metadata: access constraints None, use "for informational purposes only", no explicit license
C. C. Royce, Indian Land Cessions in the United States (1899), Library of Congress
Source: Royce (1899), Library of Congress, Law Library of Congress.
Terms as stated: Public domain; credit "Law Library of Congress" (LOC item page)
U.S. Census Bureau Cartographic Boundary File, American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian Areas (1:500,000)
Present-day boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian Areas). Statistical boundaries; not legal land descriptions.
Terms as stated: Not copyrighted; acknowledge the Census Bureau; TIGER/Line is a registered trademark
Native Land Digital (native-land.ca)
Native Land Digital (native-land.ca) is an Indigenous-led nonprofit; its maps do not represent official or legal boundaries. Used for educational and non-commercial purposes.
Terms as stated: Data Sovereignty Treaty: non-commercial, no altering boundaries, no storing or distributing API data without explicit permission; site also shows a CC0 label
Kappler, Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties; Statutes at Large; NARA treaty records
Citations: Kappler, Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties; United States Statutes at Large; National Archives (NARA) Ratified Indian Treaties.
Terms as stated: US government works; cite and link, short extracts only
OSU Tribal Treaties Database; Indigenous Digital Archive (MIAC with NARA); UNL Treaties Portal; Avalon Project
Treaty texts and indexes linked from: Tribal Treaties Database (Oklahoma State University Libraries); Indigenous Digital Archive (Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, with the U.S. National Archives); American Indian Treaties Portal (University of Nebraska-Lincoln).
Terms as stated: Link only; no license for reuse stated (UNL original content CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)
OpenFreeMap basemap (OpenMapTiles schema, OpenStreetMap data)
Basemap: OpenFreeMap © OpenMapTiles. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Terms as stated: Software MIT; data ODbL; attribution required
Self-hosted fonts (Charis SIL / Atkinson Hyperlegible or Noto)
Fonts: SIL Open Font License 1.1.
Terms as stated: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (to be confirmed per package)
Software dependencies (Astro, Svelte, MapLibre GL JS, Zod and others)
Software: see the package licenses listed in NOTICE.md.
Terms as stated: MIT, BSD-3-Clause, ISC, Apache-2.0; MPL-2.0 for build tooling only
Living Law, Living Land text and compiled data
Living Law, Living Land, by Benjamin Life (@omniharmonic). Code: MIT. Text and data: CC BY 4.0.
Terms as stated: Code MIT; text and data CC BY 4.0
Software and fonts
Built with Astro, Svelte and MapLibre GL JS. Fonts: Charis (SIL International), Atkinson Hyperlegible Next (Braille Institute), Noto Sans Cherokee and Noto Sans Osage (Google), all under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.