“Trump’s executive order similarly is an attempt at erasing Indigenous culture from the map, exerting not just an ‘America-first’ ideology across the continent but a decidedly neocolonial geographic imagination in which the map and its names become tools for narrowing whose histories and contributions matter.”

Derek Alderman · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-28

Alderman characterized Trump's executive order as an attempt to erase Indigenous culture from the map.