Approved
Reuse rights are verified for the intended TRIBE-X use. Attribution is retained whenever the licence requires it.
TRANSPARENCY
Sources & Rights
TRIBE-X WORLD is built from traceable research. This page records where our information, geographic data and visual material come from, and how each source may be used.
We research broadly. We only ingest or reproduce material when its reuse rights are verified, and we write our own editorial descriptions.
RIGHTS STANDARD
How we classify sources
Research only
The source may help verify facts or lead us to primary material, but its content is blocked from production until rights are cleared.
Do not ingest
Rights are incompatible, restricted or unclear. The material is not copied into TRIBE-X.
NORTH AMERICA
Atlas research sources
Initial sources used to identify and verify Indigenous peoples and nations for the first TRIBE-X regional dataset.
UNITED STATES
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Official federal tribal information and geographic data. Individual datasets are checked for U.S. Government-work status and third-party exclusions before ingestion.
UNITED STATES
Federal Register — Federally Recognized Tribes
Authoritative federal recognition notices used to verify current legal recognition status.
CANADA
Indigenous Services Canada — First Nations Location
Official First Nations location data used for names, identifiers and geographic placement where the dataset is covered by the Open Government Licence – Canada.
MEXICO
Instituto Nacional de los Pueblos Indígenas (INPI)
Authoritative reference for Indigenous peoples, self-designations and communities. Specific INPI material remains research-only until the applicable reuse terms are verified.
RESEARCH
Wikipedia
Used as a discovery and cross-reference tool for factual leads, alternate names and underlying citations. Wikipedia prose is not copied into TRIBE-X.
* “GREEN” applies to the verified dataset or work, not automatically to every photograph, logo, map or third-party asset appearing on the same website.
MAP & PLATFORM
Technology and map credits
MapLibre GL JS
Open-source mapping library powering the interactive TRIBE-X globe.
Esri World Imagery
Satellite imagery displayed as the current globe basemap. Map attribution is also displayed directly in the interactive map.
EDITORIAL STANDARD
What this page will become
As TRIBE-X grows, every published Nation/People entry will carry traceable source records. This page will remain the public index for dataset licences, attribution obligations, methodology and platform credits.
Photographs, illustrations and historical maps are checked independently from factual data. A source being approved for data does not automatically clear its media.