I do not, which was a big problem with that.  I like mapping
weird boundaries like that, so I tried to take it on, but it seems there's
somewhat conflicting information between the tribe, US and Canada on this.
I strongly suspect we're going to need to find an Ahkwesáhsnean that knows
the boundaries well to get a solid cut on this and I'm not entirely sure
how to reach out.

On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 9:52 PM Clifford Snow <cliff...@snowandsnow.us>
wrote:

> Paul,
> Do you have any website or contact info for the tribe? There are a number
> of websites but not sure exactly which one. Although it be nice to get them
> all added.
>
> Clifford
>
> On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 7:17 PM Paul Johnson <ba...@ursamundi.org> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 6:59 PM Clifford Snow <cliff...@snowandsnow.us>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 11:54 AM Kevin Kenny <kevin.b.ke...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The nearest problem case to me is Ahkwesáhsne, a territory of
>>>> the Kanien'kehá:ka Nation of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy that straddles
>>>> the US-Canadian border, and whose government is recognized by neither
>>>> state. The political situation there has deteriorated into shootings as
>>>> recently as 1990, and sabre-rattling among US, Canadian and Akwesáhsro:non
>>>> persons as recently as 2009. The disputes usually stem from one or the
>>>> other large nation deciding to deny the Kanien'kehá free pratique to travel
>>>> and trade within their own nation, requiring customs and imposts every time
>>>> the US-Canadian border is crossed.
>>>>
>>>> Kevin,
>>> Has this disputed territory been map in OSM? I went looking for it but
>>> struck out. Just the name Ahkwesáhsne returned zero results.
>>>
>>
>> I attempted to do so but was not able to proceed because of conflicting
>> information relying on dubious sources.
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