Map of North America in 1500
For 1500, IntMap draws the Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (by year), then historical-basemaps — each drawn only where the records before it are silent map of that year: 30 names within North America. The map also draws 18 outlines here that the source gives no name.
Names on the map
As the map labels them, largest first by the area of the outline drawn inside this view. Areas are of the drawn outline, rounded, and approximate.
| Name | Drawn area in view (km²) |
|---|---|
| Subarctic forest hunter-gatherers (a description by the source, not a name) | 2,270,000 |
| Plain bison hunters (a description by the source, not a name) | 2,100,000 |
| Thule | 1,860,000 |
| Athabaskan | 940,000 |
| Plateau fichers and hunter gatherers (a description by the source, not a name) | 630,000 |
| Natchez | 613,000 |
| Apache | 551,000 |
| Pomo | 464,000 |
| Cherookee | 417,000 |
| Tlinoit | 397,000 |
| Huron | 349,000 |
| Hopi | 335,000 |
| Comanche | 334,000 |
| Desert hunter-gatherers (a description by the source, not a name) | 331,000 |
| Delaware | 327,000 |
| Algonquin | 326,000 |
| Navajo | 266,000 |
| Coqs | 248,000 |
| Innu | 233,000 |
| Iroquois | 175,000 |
| Crow | 172,000 |
| North American Pacifi foraging, hunting and fishing peoples | 148,000 |
| Mi'kma'ki | 123,000 |
| Beothuk | 102,000 |
| Calusa | 102,000 |
| Haudenosaunee | 72,100 |
| Cheyenne | 65,600 |
| Nez Perce | 47,200 |
| Kalmar Union | 29,900 |
| Bella | 4,750 |
What changed since 1492
Now drawn
Subarctic forest hunter-gatherers, Plain bison hunters, Athabaskan, Plateau fichers and hunter gatherers, Apache, Pomo, Cherookee, Tlinoit, Huron, Hopi, Comanche, Desert hunter-gatherers, Delaware, Algonquin, Navajo, Coqs, Innu, Iroquois, Crow, North American Pacifi foraging, hunting and fishing peoples, Nez Perce, Kalmar Union, Bella
No longer drawn
Dënéndeh, Očhéthi Šakówiŋ, Michif Piyii (Métis), Inuit, Cree, Anishinabewaki ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᐗᑭ, 𐓏𐒰𐓓𐒰𐓓𐒷 𐒼𐓂𐓊𐒻 𐓆𐒻𐒿𐒷 𐓀𐒰^𐓓𐒰^(Osage), Kiikaapoi (Kickapoo), Denendeh (Dënësųłinë́ Nëné), Niitsítpiis-stahkoii ᖹᐟᒧᐧᐨᑯᐧ ᓴᐦᖾᐟ (Blackfoot / Niitsítapi ᖹᐟᒧᐧᒣᑯ), Nitassinan (Innu), Nʉmʉnʉʉ (Comanche), Nunavik, Akaitcho, Kaskaskia, Ndé Kónitsąąíí Gokíyaa (Lipan Apache), Núu-agha-tʉvʉ-pʉ̱ (Ute), Eeyou Istchee, O-ga-xpa Ma-zhoⁿ (O-ga-xpa), Beaver, Inupiat, Myaamia, Pueblos, Apsaalooké (Crow), Coahuiltecan, Gwich'in Nành, Wabanaki (Dawnland Confederacy), Jumanos, Shawandasse Tula (Shawanwaki/Shawnee), S’atsoyaha (Yuchi), ᏣᎳᎫᏪᏘᏱ Tsalaguwetiyi (Cherokee, East), [Gáuigú (Kiowa), Sahtu Dene and Metis, Mescalero Apache, Arapaho, Ktunaxa ɁamakɁis, NWT Métis Nation, Kaska Dena Kayeh, Mvskoke (Muscogee / Creek), Tłı̨chǫ Ndè, Shoshone-Bannock, Pâri (Pawnee), Peoria, NunatuKavut, Numu (Northern Paiute), Newe (Western Shoshone), Dehcho Dene, Wichita, Yup’ik/Cup’ik, Shita Got’ine, ᒋᑦ ᐊᔅᒋᓄᐤ St'aschinuw (Naskapi), Sauk and Meskwaki, Eastern Shoshone, Chiricahua Apache, Nuwuvi (Southern Paiute), Tsuu T'ina, Inuvialuit, Caddo, Abenaki / Abénaquis, Assiniboine, Koyukon, Jicarilla Apache, Na-cho Nyak Dun, Mississauga, Omàmìwininìwag (Algonquin), Yanktonai, O'odham Jeweḍ, Secwepemcúl'ecw (Secwépemc), Bodéwadmiakiwen (Potawatomi), Chahta Yakni (Choctaw), Sahtú Got’ine, Dene Tha', Washtáge Moⁿzháⁿ (Kaw / Kansa), Adena, Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, Mountain Métis, Dena'ina Ełnena, Diné Bikéyah, Lumbee, Syilx tmixʷ (Okanagan), Ho-de-no-sau-nee-ga (Haudenosaunee), Seminole, Dakeł Keyoh (ᑕᗸᒡ ᗲᘏᑋ), Wendake-Nionwentsïo, Ahtna Nenn’, Hopewell, Yoli (Concho), Xawiƚƚ kwñchawaay (Cocopah), K’asho Got’ine, Hohokam, Kelly Lake Metis Settlement Society, Chikashsha Yaki (Chickasaw), Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, Yankton, Takla, Vuntut Gwitchin, Tāłtān Konelīne (Tahltan), Mdewakanton, Stoney, Tepehuán, Gwitch'in Settlement Region, Hoocąk (Ho-Chunk), Tonkawa, Nitaskinan (Atikamekw / Nehirowisi Aski), Lingít Aaní (Tlingit), Rarámuri (Tarahumara-Guarijio), Goshute, Iowa, Nunatsiavut, Ópata (Tegüima-Eudebe-Hoba), Hopitutskwa, Cochimí, Abitibiwinni Aki, Timucua, snʕickstx tmxʷúlaʔxʷ (Sinixt), Tanana, Coast Salish, Tobosos, Susquehannock, Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in, Sumas, Tŝilhqot’in Nen, Tse’khene, Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla, Odawa, Moose Cree, Wahpeton, Menominee, Wolastoqiyik Wahsipekuk (Maliseet), Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara, Nimiipuu (Nez Perce), Beaver Lake Cree, Tohono O'odham, Mnicoujou, Alutiiq (Sugpiaq), Karankawa, Salish Kootenai (Flathead), Yavapaiv Apache, ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐤ ᐊᐢᑭᕀ Nêhiyaw-Askiy (Plains Cree), Sihapsa, Chiso, Acho Dene Koe, Hän, Ndee/Nnēē: (Western Apache), Yakama, Sisseton, Kuuvuan KaNianiq, Koasati (Coushatta), Woodland Cree, Nłeʔkepmx Tmíxʷ (Nlaka'pamux), Guachichil, Yokuts, Lheidli T'enneh, Aseniwuche Winewak (Rocky Mountain), Shiwinna (Zuni), Wahpekute, Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, Hualapai, Tutelo, Nüwüwü (Chemehuevi), Modoc, Okanagan, K’áálǫ Got’ine, Selkirk, Taku River Tlingit, Skaruhreh/Tuscarora (North Carolina), Tetlit Gwich’in, Atakapa-Ishak, Erie, Sana, Nanrantsouak, Hia-Ced O'odham, Gitx̱san Lax̱yip, Tawakoni, Moneton, Upper Tanana, Wašišiw Ɂítdeʔ (Washoe), Lənape Haki-nk (Lenni-Lenape), Kluane, White River-Kluane, Taino, Alazapas, Rayados (Borrados), Catawba, Irritilas/Lagunero, Massawomeck, Upper Kuskokwim, Champagne & Aishihik, Yuhaviatam/Maarenga’yam (Serrano), Ponca, Itazipco, Jiwere, Attiwonderonk (Neutral), Deg Xit'an Ngan' (Deg Xit'an), Oohenumpa, Tampachoa (Mansos), Tunica, Kumeyaay, Choctaw (Oklahoma), Yamassee, Teslin Tlingit Council (Yukon), Lower Tohono O’odham (Lower Pima), Chumash, Nisg̱a'a, Hunkpapa, Kwakwaka’wakw, Penobscot, Zacateco, Umoⁿhoⁿ (Omaha), Munsee Lenape, Cow Creek Umpqua, Schitsu’umsh (Coeur d’Alene), Big Stone Cree, Holikachuk, Manahoac, Somi Se'k (Esto’k Gna), Molalla, Mohican, Tamaulipeco tribes, Ts'msyen La̱xyuup (Tsimshian), Akimel O'odham (Upper Pima), Tagé Cho Hudän (Little Salmon/Carmacks), Wet'suwet'en Yintikh, St̓át̓imc Tmicw (St'at'imc), Yoreme (Mayo), Monacan, Kalapuya, Tanacross, oθaakiiwaki‧hina‧ki (Sauk), Cahuilla, Kanienʼkehá꞉ka (Mohawk), Sobaipuri, Houma, We Wai Kai, Chitimacha, Pit River, Klamath, Tenino, Chickasaw (Oklahoma), Sicangu, Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, Comca’ac (Seri), Cowlitz, Guaycura, Cherokee (Oklahoma), Kawaiisu, Quechan (Kwatsáan), Cheyenne-Arapaho (Oklahoma), Kalispel, Havasu Baaja (Havasupai), Kwanlin Dün, Palouse, Spokane, Arosaguntacook, Yahooskin, Nisenan, Sappony, Nentego (Nanticoke), Piscataway, Janos, Oglala, Lemhi-Shoshone, Esketemculeucw (Esk'etemc), Nuxalk, Tahues, Calicuas, Passamaquoddy, Meškwahki·aša·hina (Fox), Shasta, Pennacook, Unangam Tanangin (Unangax̂ /Aleut), S’ólh Téméxw (Stó:lō), Eyak, Eastern Mono/Monache, Yoeme (Yaqui), Keyauwee, Muscogee (Oklahoma), Western Mono/Monache, Tolowa Dee-ni’, Tagish, x̣àʼisla w̓áwís (Haisla), Kiowa-Comanche-Apache (Oklahoma), Wintʰu• Po•m (Northern Wintu), Ta'an Kwäch'än, Guarijío/Guarijó, Waccamaw (Woccon), Ohlone, Tocobaga, Homalco, Kiliwa, Bidai, Akokisa, Carcross/Tagish First Nation (Yukon), Salinan, Teslin Tlingit Council (BC), Muwekma, Cahita, Patwin, Achumawi, Miwkoʔ Waaliʔ, Yekooche, Takelma, Pipa Aha Macav (Mojave), Nipmuc, Waco, Paipai (Akwa'ala), Kizh, Julimes, Moses/Columbia, Piipaash (Maricopa), Pescado, Qwû'lh-hwai-pûm (Klickitat), Tongva, Jococobas, Chehalis, Occaneechi, Cheraw, Yoncalla, Mountain Maidu, Kusso, Ais, Kitselas, Popeloutchom (Amah Mutsun), Petun, San Carlos Apache, Lil'wat, Me-Wuk (Central Sierra Miwok), Waxhaw, Stillaguamish, K’ómoks, Sauk Suiattle, We Wai Kum, Tulalip, Stellat'en, Nomlaki, Confederated Villages of Lisjan, Wanapum, Da’naxda’xw Awaetlatla, Carcross/Tagish First Nation (BC), nuučaan̓uuɫɁatḥ nism̓a (Nuu-chah-nulth), White Mountain Apache, np̓əšqʷáw̓səxʷ (Wenatchi), Wappinger, Gitanyow Lax’yip, Onöndowa'ga:' (Seneca), Chinook, Haida Gwaii, Congaree, Tequesta, Payómkawichum (Luiseño), Wôpanâak (Wampanoag), Coos, Lower Umpqua, Siuslaw, Wuikinuxv (Oweekeno), Skwxwú7mesh-ulh Temíx̱w (Squamish), Cheroenhaka (Nottoway), Heiltsuk, Saura, Tsnungwe, Kitsumkalum, Tübatulabal, Osage (Oklahoma), Kojomk'awi (Konkow), Xixime, Fernandeño Tataviam, S'Klallam, Neusiok, Santee, Massa-adchu-es-et (Massachusett), Wenrohronon, Kuyam, Nadleh Whut'en, Hul'qumi'num Treaty Group, Salish & Kootenai Tribes, Apalachees, Pokanoket, Niúachi, Graton Rancheria, Me-Wuk (Southern Sierra Miwok), Pequawket, Shakori, Westo, Wateree, Pee Dee, In-SHUCK-ch, Skagit, Chowanoke, Gitxaała, WiYaPeMiAk (Weapemeoc-Yeopim), Sugaree, Karuk, Coharie, San Poil, Kwantlen, Nisqually, Pawtucket, Pocumtuc, Micqanaqa’n, Plains Miwok, Guasaves/Tamazulas, Mayaimi, Northern Yuki, Klahoose, Gwa’Sala-‘Nakwaxda’xw, Vanyumé, Methow, Atsugewi, Eno, Quinault, Nespelem, Moratok, Wasco and Wishram, Northern Pomo, Kauwets'a:ka, Meherrin, Puyallup, Paugussett, Tamien Nation, Pamlico (Pomouik), Kitanemuk, Yana, Wichita-Caddo-Delaware (Oklahoma), Quileute, Acjachemen (Juaneño), Shíshálh, Siuslaw, Quw'utsun, Biloxi, Quatsino, Chelan, Me-Wuk (Northern Sierra Miwok), Nuxwsa'7aq (Nooksack), Tututni, Nor Rel Muk Wintu, Colville, Musgamagw Dzawada'enuxw, ɬaʔamɩn gɩǰɛ (Tla'amin/Sliammon), Atfalati, Winnimem Wintu, Nom Sus Wintu, Secotan, Skykomish, Cape Fear, Mohegan, Coquille, Winefelly, Tseshaht, Á,LEṈENEȻ ȽTE (W̱SÁNEĆ), Resighini Rancheria (Yurok), Yurok, Stz'uminus, Me-Wuk (Coast Miwok), Coree, Esselen, Achires, Potawatomi-Shawnee (Oklahoma), sdukʷalbixʷ (Snoqualmie), Yamhill, Willapa, Chicora, Hupacasath, Onundagaonoga (Onondaga), Nongatl, sq̓əc̓iy̓aɁɬ təməxʷ (Katzie), Dau Pom Wintu, Te’mexw Treaty Association, Gitga’at, Gitga’at Lax Yuup, Cascades, Ineseño, 'Amuwu, Wappo, Sinkyone, Snuneymuxw, Pocomoke, Tillamook, Chochenyo, Me-Wuk (Bay Miwok), Sac and Fox (Oklahoma), Wangunks, Quuiich (Lower Umpqua), Rumsen, Southern Pomo, Muckleshoot, Onʌyote'a•ka (Oneida), Central Pomo, Chesapeake, Wiyot, səl̓ilwətaɁɬ təməxʷ (Tsleil-Waututh), Twana/Skokomish, Natchitoches, Narragansett, Chukchansi, Mount Tabor Indian Community, Roanoke, Hanis Coos, Clatskanie, Dau Nom Wintu, Ramaytush, Santiam, Hul Kuhk’u, Ditidaht, ditidaqiic̓aq disib̓aʔk (Ditidaht), Hoopa, Chalon, Kitasoo/Xai'xais, Mattamuskeet, Älsé (Alsea), Chelamela, Seminole (Oklahoma), Okwanuchu, Monqui, Duwamish, New River Shasta, Entiat, Clatsop, Warraskoyack, Nansemond, Chimariko (territory), Tsankupi, Queets, Quinnipiac, Pacaxes, Sissipahaw, šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmaɁɬ təməxʷ (Musqueam), Suquamish, Ka:’yu:’k’t’h’/Che:k’tles7et’h’, Kathlamet, ChalAt’i’lo t’sikAti (Chalat’), Kwikwetlem, Wailaki, Wahkiakum, Lassik, Obispeño, Squaxin, Multnomah, Awaswas, Pawnee (Oklahoma), Nauset, Nehalem, Pacheedaht, Sivuqaq (St. Lawrence Island) Yupik, Clackamas, Kashaya, Ahantchuyuk, Quiyoughcohannock, Shmuwich (Barbareño), Nacotchtank (Anacostan), Konnaack, Mattaponi, Luckiamute, sc̓əwaθenaɁɬ təməxʷ (Tsawwassen), Pentucket, Nestucca, Chickahominy, Occohannock, Guacata, Ts’uubaa-asatx, Appamattuck, Winyah, Snohomish, Iowa (Oklahoma), Tunxis, Chepenefa, Yakina, Rappahannock, Opiscopank, Kl'bal Pom Wintu, Poteskeet, Yeopim, Pequonnock, Nandtaughtacund, Kickapoo (Oklahoma), Miluk Coos, Youghtanund, ƛaʔuukʷiʔatḥ (Tla-o-qui-aht), Jeaga, Huu-ay-aht, Siletz, Whilkut, Sturgeon Lake Cree, Eastern Pomo, Makah, Cahto, Mohawk (Kalapuya), Powhatan, Nom Ti Pom Wintu, Coast Yuki, Patawomeck, Cuttatawomen, Accomack, Caldwell, Weyanock, Karkin, Waymaq, Werowocomoco, Mechoopda, Me-Wuk (Lake Miwok), Mattole, Sewee, Pericú, Semiahmoo, Otoe-Missouri (Oklahoma), Pamunkey, Doeg, Odǫhwęja:deˀ (Cayuga), Podunks, Hammonassets, Steilacoom, Onawmanient, Nuwhaha, Arrohatec, Uchucklesaht, Perquimans, Ponca (Oklahoma), Aucocisco, Chemapho, Kecoughtan, Kaw (Oklahoma), Chilula, Pissaseck, Konomihu, Taos Pueblo, Lower Chinook, Cupeño, Salmon River, Tonkawa (Oklahoma), Hoopa (Reservation), Sekakawon, Chit-dee-ni (Chetco), Miccosukee, Pequot, Massacoes, Kiskiack, Southeastern Pomo, Moraughtacund, El Pom Wintu, Kashtik, Opelousas, Skilloot, Northeastern Pomo, Paspahegh, Qayqayt, Wicocomico, Matecumbe, Chafan, Ucluelet, Croatan, Seneca-Cayuga (Oklahoma), Atakapa Ishak Chawasha, Saluda, Western Nehântick, Poquonook, Seminole Tribe of Florida (Big Cypress Reservation), Sicaog (Saukiog), Seminole Tribe of Florida (Brighton Reservation), Shigom, Miami (Oklahoma), Peoria (Oklahoma), Tigua, Eastern Nehântick, Swinomish, Wyandotte (Oklahoma), Lhaq’temish (Lummi), Ottawa (Oklahoma), Nyvukagmit (Naukan), Totorames, Hatteras, Eastern Shawnee (Oklahoma), Chimacum, KiKiallus, Hesquiaht, Shoalwater Bay, Modoc (Oklahoma), Isle de Jean Charles Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw, Wyandot (Anderdon), Pascua Yaqui, Toquaht, Otoe-Missouria (Oklahoma), Brothertown, Seminole Tribe of Florida (Immokalee Reservation), Seminole Tribe of Florida (Hollywood Reservation), Samish, Halalt, Seminole Tribe of Florida (Tampa Reservation)
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Source and method
Borders and names: Cliopatria v0.2.1 (Seshat Global History Databank, github.com/Seshat-Global-History-Databank/cliopatria) · CC BY 4.0 · adapted by IntMap: simplified, BC years made astronomical, and the ground OpenHistoricalMap (1689–1885, and from 1886 where CShapes is silent) and CShapes (1886–2019) state removed on their own dates + aourednik/historical-basemaps (github.com/aourednik/historical-basemaps) · GPL-3.0 · adapted by IntMap: each sheet before 1886 less the ground OpenHistoricalMap and Cliopatria state at that sheet's year.
Listed: every name whose outline IntMap draws inside 170°W–52°W, 24°N–72°N on this date, with the name the map writes on it. The list is worked out when the site is built, from the same records and the same code the map uses, so it says what the map shows — not more. Names are the source’s own, translated where the source or IntMap’s name table has a translation.