Tag: GIS

Tribes of Colombia’s Pacific Region

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Ethnolinguistic Map of Indigenous Tribes in the Pacific Region of Colombia.

This region is home to many tribes speaking a multitude of indigenous languages inhabiting village communities spread far and wide with varying degrees of communication with the outside world. The connection many of these tribes have to this land extends back long before the Spanish conquest of the Americas. Today, they find themselves captives of different geographic realities that all the same are life giving and fraught with danger. Many have fallen victim to the… Continue reading

Mango Maps and South America Research

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In the fall of 2022, I began splitting my time in research and mapping of Ethnic People Groups between the needs of ALTECO in South America and Gospelink in 16 countries across several continents. To accommodate the massive new demands, my focus on the Amazon jungle region has had to narrow (become more refined) somewhat. I worked out as a goal with our South America team that for the first half of 2023 I would… Continue reading