NACIS 2019: Cartography and Community in OpenStreetMap: Getting Native Reservations on the Map

Slides for my NACIS 2019 talk.

Watch the recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTJU3xaYQxE

Full transcript is here: https://mappingmashups.medium.com/here-is-a-transcription-of-my-presentation-to-the-north-american-cartographic-information-society-c422255cc9ed

More context here: https://hi.stamen.com/its-about-time-openstreetmap-showed-native-lands-on-the-map-cfc56e92b2ac

Transcript

1. Cartography and Community
   in OpenStreetMap:
   Getting Native Reservations
   on the Map
   Alan McConchie, Stamen Design
   #NACIS2019
   October 18, 2019
   Tacoma, Washington
   @mappingmashups slides: sta.mn / jzj
   

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2. The Salish Sea:
   the traditional
   lands of the
   Coast Salish people
   

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3. OpenStreetMap
   an open-source,
   collaborative
   map of the world
   

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4. Bellingham,
   Whatcom County
   traditional territory of the
   Lummi (Xwlemi, Lhaq'temish)
   and Nooksack (Noxwsʼáʔaq)
   

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5. OpenStreetMap in 2018.
   Lummi Indian Reservation
   should be here...
   

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6. osm.org/relation/1606799
   

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7. What's going on?
   Why is this feature in OpenStreetMap
   but not on OpenStreetMap?
   

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8. this talk is not
   about mapping
   native land
   just
   "Indian Reservations"
   "The United States" by Bill Rankin
   radicalcartography.net/index.html?reservations
   or "Native Reserves"
   or "First Nation Reserves"
   or "Indigenous Territory"
   or "Aboriginal Lands" or ...
   

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9. Tag usage in OpenStreetMap
   as of late 2018
   boundary=protected_area
   + protect_class=24
   boundary=aboriginal_lands
   overpass-turbo.eu/s/DV5
   overpass-turbo.eu/s/DV4
   

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10. wiki.osm.org/wiki/Proposed_features/
    Tag:boundary=aboriginal_lands
    

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11. wiki.osm.org/wiki/Proposed_features/
    Tag:boundary=aboriginal_lands
    wiki.osm.org/wiki/Proposed_features/
    Tag:boundary=aboriginal_lands
    

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12. lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2018-November/041156.html
    

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13. github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/issues/3520#issuecomment-443946980
    

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14. wiki.osm.org/wiki/Tag:boundary=aboriginal_lands
    

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15. Treaty of Medicine Creek
    December 26, 1854
    Treaty of Point Elliott
    January 22, 1855
    Medicine Creek
    Point Elliott
    Seattle
    Tacoma
    

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16. Treaty of Medicine Creek
    December 26, 1854
    Treaty of Point Elliott
    January 22, 1855
    en.wikisource.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Medicine_Creek
    en.wikisource.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Point_Elliott
    

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17. news flash:
    The treaties have obligations
    on the settlers too
    and:
    The treaties are still relevant
    en.wikisource.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Medicine_Creek
    en.wikisource.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Point_Elliott
    

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18. "How Lummi Nation's Treaty
    Stand Beat Big Coal"
    Their long battle bet big on treaty
    promises to defend their waters—and
    their culture.
    Ralph Schwartz, Sightline Institute
    May 11, 2016
    sightline.org/2016/05/11/how-lummi-nations-treaty-stand-beat-big-coal/
    

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19. People are already adding
    reservations to OSM
    The tag has been officially
    accepted by the community
    Now we can finally get
    them on the map
    ☑
    ☑
    ☑
    

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20. Washington Road & Recreation Atlas,
    1:1400000 scale (Benchmark Maps, 2007)
    Washington Road & Recreation Atlas,
    larger scale (Benchmark Maps, 2007)
    photos by Paul Norman
    

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21. Zoom 9
    Semi-transparent fill
    Labeled centroid
    Zoom 13
    No fill
    Labeled outlines
    osm.org/relation/6750258
    

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22. github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto
    open source cartography:
    collaboration in a GitHub
    code repository
    

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23. github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/blob/master/DOCKER.md
    Render your own OpenStreetMap extract with Docker:
    

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24. github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/pull/3521
    open source cartography:
    map stying with
    CartoCSS
    

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25. github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/pull/3521
    open source cartography:
    filing a "pull request"
    in the GitHub repository
    

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26. github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/pull/3582
    But zoos and theme parks
    already used a brown style!
    

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27. github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/pull/3582
    But zoos and theme parks
    already used a brown style!
    Solved by changing these to purple.
    

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32. osm.org/relation/3854097
    

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33. washingtonlandscape.blogspot.com/2016/02/puyallup-reservation-map.html
    "The Puyallup Reservation is large enough to shade,
    but is typically left off maps." – Dan McShane
    

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34. osm.org/relation/7414790
    

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35. osm.org/relation/7414790
    "How the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla
    Indians Held On in Palm Springs"
    The one-mile square area, known as Section 14, competes
    for sovereignty with the wealthy in Southern California
    Smithsonian Magazine, April 5, 2019
    

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36. Oklahoma
    "Is Half of Oklahoma an Indian Reservation?
    The Supreme Court Sifts the Merits"
    The New York Times, Nov. 27, 2018 https://nyti.ms/2DMw8Tj
    

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37. What next?
    • How do we map native trust lands and other boundaries?
    • Find out if the reservations around you are mapped.
    • Learn about the native land you are on! native-land.ca
    • What else is missing in OSM? Don't be afraid to propose
    new features, or to make pull requests on the map style
    • Thank you!
    slides: sta.mn / jzj
    

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