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| | ESRI News - Spring 2000 ArcNews -- Six Nations Adapts Traditional Beliefs to New Technology with GIS |
 | | Centered in Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada, Six Nations (referring specifically to the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, and Tuscarora nations, it however is also home to members of the Delaware Nation) has the largest native "First Nation" community in Canada, boasting a membership over 20,000 and 46,000 acres of territory. |
 | | Treaties, deeds, sales records, appraisal records, and maps were of special interest to Six Nations, and their vast accumulation of documentation soon required a management system organized geographically. |
 | | This georeferencing ability has proven useful in Six Nations' land claim litigation against the government of Canada. |
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