{"id":1786979,"date":"2019-01-14T11:10:17","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T16:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1786979"},"modified":"2019-01-14T11:15:22","modified_gmt":"2019-01-14T16:15:22","slug":"the-indigenous-peoples-atlas-of-canadas-giant-floor-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/01\/the-indigenous-peoples-atlas-of-canadas-giant-floor-map\/","title":{"rendered":"The Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada’s Giant Floor Map"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Canadian Geographic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As I mentioned in my post about the Indigenous People’s Atlas of Canada<\/em><\/a>, the atlas project includes the four-volume physical atlas<\/a>, an online version<\/a>, and teaching resources that include a giant floor map<\/a> from Canadian Geographic<\/em>. CBC News has more<\/a> about that giant floor map, which at 11 \u00d7 8 metres is so big that it has to be displayed in the gym when it’s taken on tours of schools. See also this video<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Previously: Map of Indigenous Canada Accompanies People\u2019s Atlas<\/a>; The Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As I mentioned in my post about the Indigenous People’s Atlas of Canada, the atlas project includes the four-volume physical atlas, an online version, and teaching resources that include a giant floor map from Canadian… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[139],"tags":[372,131,1122,851,698,1278,1277],"class_list":["post-1786979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-education","tag-big-maps","tag-canada","tag-canadian-geographic","tag-first-nations","tag-indigenous","tag-inuit","tag-metis","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1786289,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/09\/the-indigenous-peoples-atlas-of-canada\/","url_meta":{"origin":1786979,"position":0},"title":"The Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"18 September 2018","format":"link","excerpt":"The Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada is finally on the verge of publication. 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