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.