Hand-colored and annotated map delineating routes in red, and point locations keyed by number (key not present on map). Annotated areas of map include southernmost British Columbia, southernmost Alberta, Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, western and central Montana, western and central Wyoming, northwestern Colorado, northeastern Utah.; Base map: “Rand McNally & Co’s Commercial Map of the Western States.” (c) 1908, 1910 printing.
Hand-colored and annotated map delineating territories of [all names as spelled] “Cour d’Alene, Kalispel, Pend d’Oreille, Flathead, Nez Perce, Shoshonis, Kootenay, Blackfoot.” Other tribal regions are denoted on map, without coloration; these include tribal territories within the map area, and neighboring territories. Overprinted by hand with hachures are areas identified as “Former territory of Tunaxa,” “Former territory of Semteuse, “Piece of territory formerly claimed by Pend d’Oreille,” and “possibly also formerly a part of the Semteuse territory.”; Base map: “The Rand-McNally Vest Pocket Map of Montana Showing All Counties, Cities, Towns, Railways, Lakes, Rivers, etc.” (c) 1906. Scale 30 miles = 1 inch.
Annotation by Teit: "This map shows the boundaries of the Shuswap, Thompson, Nicola Tinne & Okanagon more correctly than the one I sent with first report on the Thompson Indians part IV vol II." Map also signed "JAT".; Base map: "Map of the Province of British Columbia. Compiled and drawn by Edward Mohun, C.E., by direction of the Honorable W. Smythe, Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works, Victoria, B.C. 1884." Engraved and printed, J. Bartholomew, Edinburgh. Dawson Brothers, Montreal.
Hand-colored and annotated map, signed "JATeit. 1913." Title is further annotated: "from Salish (various tribes) and Kootenay information".; Base map: “Rand McNally & Co.’s Commercial Map of the Western States.” 1909.
Hand-colored and annotated map delineating distribution of [as spelled] Salishan, Kitunahan, Athapascan family, Algonquian family, Shoshonean, Siouan. Trade routes delineated in red. Annotated map area encompasses Alberta and Saskatchewan, plus western Manitoba, southernmost North West Territories/Yukon, and northern portions of Montana, Idaho, and Washington.; Base map: “Rand-McNally New Pocket Map of Western Canada Showing Provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan.” (c) 1906. Scale 60 miles = 1 inch.
Hand-colored and annotated map delineating with hachures as well as by colors, “Columbia tribes or group,” “Central or Okangon group of tribes,” “Salish proper or Flathead group of tribes,” “Cour d’Alene” [names as written]. Notations on map: “Map showing early positions and approximate boundaries of tribes in portions of British Columbia, Alberta, Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, and Wyoming. On the whole immediately (prior to the introduction of the horse, the North Western movements of Shahaptian, and Shoshonean bands in Washington and Oregon, the southern movements of the Blackfoot tribes, and the western movements of the Siouan tribes.” “Possibly on the whole circa 1700 A.D. for many of the tribes.” Specific tribes denoted [as spelled]: Salishan (comprising Lillooet, Thompson, Shuswap), Athapaskan, Chinookan, Kalapooian, Waiilatpuan, Lutuamian, Shoshonean, Shahaptian, Kitunahan, Algonquian, Siouan.; Base map: “Rand McNally & Co.’s Commercial Map of the Western States.” (c) 1908. 1910 printing.
Part of ACLS Collection, Item 59, "Annotated Maps and Notes to maps of the Pacific Northwest." These notes accompany 15 maps hand-annotated by James Teit, showing territories and language ranges in multiple period of Indigenous peoples primarily of the Yukon, British Columbia, Alberta, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana.