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We welcome other indigenous groups to join
the project. Over the years various groups such as US Geological Survey have
provided funding to offer training. We have assembled some of those resources
on this page.
If your group wishes to participate we
recommend the following steps:
Develop a list of the names you wish to
get published. This should include native name, English translation, location
in latitude and longitude in decimal degrees, and a recording of an individual
saying the name. It is import to realize that these names will be available to
the public, so we highly recommend not providing names that would draw
attention to sites that may be damaged or misused.
Get a tribal or community resolution that
allows for these names to be sent to USGS and the Coeur d'Alene Tribe for use
on The National Map
(see sample at this link).
Download a copy of the Native Names
Template Database and documentation by down loading the zip file found
here.
Follow the directions found in the zip
file and populate the database.
Send your database and resolution to the
Coeur d'Alene Tribe, along with an audio file of a native speaker saying each
word. In addition, if you have video files or pictures of the sites please
submit those at the same time.
The Coeur d'Alene Tribe will then
upload your names to its internet map server. At that time all names submitted
will become available to the world.
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