{"id":1810317,"date":"2022-12-05T14:22:44","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T19:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1810317"},"modified":"2022-12-05T14:22:44","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T19:22:44","slug":"the-bois-forte-native-names-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/12\/the-bois-forte-native-names-map\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bois Forte Native Names Map"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1810318\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/12\/the-bois-forte-native-names-map\/bois-forte-names\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/bois-forte-names.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1400,933\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"bois-forte-names\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/bois-forte-names-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/bois-forte-names-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1810318\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/bois-forte-names-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Bois Forte Native Names Map\" width=\"760\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/bois-forte-names-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/bois-forte-names-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/bois-forte-names-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/bois-forte-names-940x626.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/bois-forte-names-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/bois-forte-names.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/elyfolkschool.org\/bois-forte-native-names-map-project\/\">Bois Forte Native Names Map<\/a> collects more than 100 original Ojibwe names in the traditional territory of the <a href=\"https:\/\/boisforte.com\">Bois Forte Band of Chippewa<\/a>, in what is now northeastern Minnesota. The hand-drawn map is the result of a two-year collaboration between the band, Ely Folk School and volunteer artists. A limited first-edition print is available via a school fundraiser; plans are afoot for a mass-produced paper map, as well as an online version. Details <a href=\"https:\/\/elyfolkschool.org\/bois-forte-native-names-map-project\/\">here<\/a>; also see<a href=\"https:\/\/www.startribune.com\/new-map-reclaims-ojibwe-names-in-northern-minnesota\/600231518\/\"> the <em>Star Tribune<\/em>&rsquo;s coverage<\/a>. Thanks to Paul for the link.<\/p>\n<p>Previously: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/03\/indigenous-place-names-in-canada\/\">Indigenous Place Names in Canada<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/09\/indigenous-place-names-and-cultural-property\/\">Indigenous Place Names and Cultural Property<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/04\/an-interview-with-margaret-pearce-mapmaker-of-indigenous-place-names\/\">An Interview with Margaret Pearce, Mapmaker of Indigenous Place Names<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bois Forte Native Names Map collects more than 100 original Ojibwe names in the traditional territory of the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa, in what is now northeastern Minnesota. The hand-drawn map is the&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/12\/the-bois-forte-native-names-map\/\">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":[692],"tags":[698,774],"class_list":["post-1810317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-toponyms","tag-indigenous","tag-minnesota","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":815139,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2017\/12\/two-more-books-for-2017\/","url_meta":{"origin":1810317,"position":0},"title":"Two More Books for 2017","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"26 December 2017","format":"link","excerpt":"The year 2017 is almost at an end, but two\u00a0more map books, published last month, have just come to my attention (via, as usual, the WMS\u2019s indefatigable Bert Johnson). 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Because we are 12 years old. 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I've since received a review copy and have been able to examine it in some detail. One thing that struck me is the following statement, which appears on the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Toponyms&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Toponyms","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/toponyms\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/coming-home-indigenous-place-names-1024x802.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/coming-home-indigenous-place-names-1024x802.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/coming-home-indigenous-place-names-1024x802.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/coming-home-indigenous-place-names-1024x802.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1354,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/03\/a-map-error-roundup\/","url_meta":{"origin":1810317,"position":4},"title":"A Map Error Roundup","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"29 March 2016","format":"link","excerpt":"A demolition company tore down the wrong house in Rowlett, Texas thanks to a Google Maps error that directed them one block over.\u00a0As is often the case in new subdivisions, the street names were extremely similar: Cousteau Drive and Calypso Drive. 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