Thanks Clifford Some good points there.
Suspected that the same issues may have come up in the US & Canada, especially if the Supreme Court decides to return the lands to the various Nations! Hoping for input from other areas Thanks Graeme On Wed, 3 Apr 2019 at 10:08, Clifford Snow <cliff...@snowandsnow.us> wrote: > > Great question. We have a number of tribal lands in Washington State in > the US. I'd really like to see the areas mapped better but I'm reluctant > for the very reason you are asking. I know a number of their GIS staff and > have asked for help getting in touch with someone in the tribe that may be > interested in mapping their community. So far I haven't gotten anywhere. My > goal in asking for a contact is to introduce OSM to them and let the tribe > decide what to map and what not to. Paul Norman and I have discussed > proposing that they use their native language on features to help preserve > their culture. > > So my answer is, introduce OSM to the local indigenous peoples in your > area. Explain the benefits of mapping and offer to help setup training > sessions. But other than mapping roads, forests, water and other obvious > features, I'd let the locals map their own community. I think once we get > them involved we will see more interest in other tribes >
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