Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

General Discussion

Showing Original Post only (View all)

highplainsdem

(60,791 posts)
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 02:01 PM Tuesday

New map - "The Peoples of North America in 1776" - great resource about Native Americans [View all]

The Utah Historical Society just produced a new, excellent map of "The Peoples of North America in 1776." Great resource for anyone teaching, writing, presenting about Native peoples as part of their 250th work. america250.utah.gov/power-of-pla...

John Garrison Marks (@johngmarks.com) 2026-02-03T13:48:57.949Z



If you go to that link - https://america250.utah.gov/power-of-place/ - you'll see there's also a link you can use to print a 12x18 copy...a link that will make the image appear here, so here's the link broken with spaces:
https:// america 250.utah .gov/ wp-content/uploads/1776FinalMapHiRes-scaled.png







Found this thanks to a Bluesky message from Garrett Graff:

Unrelated to everything — but relevant to everything — this map is worth spending some time examining and thinking about. We know so little of our own history — and this wasn't that long ago.

Your grandparents' grandparents' grandparents were likely born around the time of this map.

Garrett M. Graff (@vermontgmg.bsky.social) 2026-02-03T18:08:25.286Z

3 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Latest Discussions»General Discussion»New map - "The Peoples of...