| Indigenous Peoples of the North Pacific c. 1880 | |
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Data format: SDE Feature Class File or table name: SOS.DBO.np_language Coordinate system: Mercator Theme keywords: Indigenous Peoples, Language Groups. |
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Abstract:
This coverage was developed in collaboration with esteemed linguists at the Smithsonian Institutuion's Arctic Studies Center. Dr. Igor Krupnik provided us with the data for the western half of the North Pacific; Dr. Ives Goddard provided us with the information on the eastern half of the North Pacific.
The ethnic and linguistic groups captured herein are culturally and linguistically distinct, but internally homogeneous. Indigenous groups in Northeast Asia are usually recognized more as cultural entities, while the North American groups are historically defined by language; but in these areas culture and language typically go hand in hand. Each group featured has a distinctive combination of attributes, including social structure, ecological adapatation, religious and cosmological beliefs, ceremonial practices, and language. In some groups, however, more than one dialect or related language is or was spoken. |
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This coverage was developed in collaboration with esteemed linguists at the Smithsonian Institutuion's Arctic Studies Center. Dr. Igor Krupnik provided us with the data for the western half of the North Pacific; Dr. Ives Goddard provided us with the information on the eastern half of the North Pacific. The ethnic and linguistic groups captured herein are culturally and linguistically distinct, but internally homogeneous. Indigenous groups in Northeast Asia are usually recognized more as cultural entities, while the North American groups are historically defined by language; but in these areas culture and language typically go hand in hand. Each group featured has a distinctive combination of attributes, including social structure, ecological adapatation, religious and cosmological beliefs, ceremonial practices, and language. In some groups, however, more than one dialect or related language is or was spoken.
This dataset was created for the Atlas of Pacific Salmon: The First Map-Based Status Assessment of Salmon in the North Pacific. (2005)
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Area of feature in internal units squared.
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Perimeter of feature in internal units.
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Name for the group of Indigenous People that populated this area in 1880. Often times these are refered to as "language groups" because different groups were clearly distinguishable by language differences. However, the groups of Indigenous People captured herein represent distinct cultures, not just distinct languages.
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Specific source for the boundaries between groups of Indigenous People (where available).
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