Eastern Native Population, Early 17th Century


Units

Area units:
Areas occupied by native population are shown and coloured by linguistic families.

Data units:
Identifiable native groups are shown, represented by circles, proportionally sized by population.


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Legend Description

Native population early 17th century
Circles are proportional to native population. Population figures are not precise so these are classed into 8 groups or intervals. The colour of the circle indicates linguistic family.

Linguistic families, 17th century
The background colour show broad areas occupied by native population as classified by linguistic families. These are approximate boundaries and transition zones may have occurred.

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Layers

Clicking this checkbox turns the visibility of the circles native groups on and off. Clicking on the label icon will turn labels for the groups.
Checkbox controls visibility of modern geography (current provincial and territorial boundaries, as well as selected cities), and is available for reference.

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Active Tools

This is the active layer. Use the tools below to get data about the circles in this layer.

Identify: Click on the Identify tool, then click on the map on one of the circles, to pop up a box showing the name of the subgroup.

Table: Click on the Table tool, then click or drag a rectangle on the map across one or more circle , to select groups and pop up a table showing information about them. See Table Fields below.
Query: Click on the Query tool, to pop up a Query box. Use the input boxes to specify selection criteria and click "Submit query" to select circles and pop up a table showing information about them. See Table Fields below.

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Table Fields - Active layer name

Linguistic family Linguistic family
Group Groups within Linguistic families
Subgroup Names of identified subgroups within Linguistic groups and families
Code Locational identifiers for subgroups within Linguistic groups and families, used in GIS file and printed Atlases
Population range Approximate population size grouped into ranges
Data files available: Eastern_Native_Population_17C.xls

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Legend Notes

Early population data are meagre. The populations given here are estimates based on a few references to pre-epidemic populations. These references were transferred to other groups in similar environments with similar socioeconomic conditions.
Linguistic families information is based on secondary sources with some adjustments in distribution indicated by primary sources.

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