Earth Plate 10
Indigenous Groups by Region (Partial List):
- Northern Region:: Nenets, Evenki, Yakuts, Chukchi, Koryak, Itelmen, Khanty, Mansi, Nivkh, Yukaghir.
- Central Region: Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tajiks, Uzbeks, Turkmen, Buryats, Tuvans, Altai, Shors.
- Southern Region: Adivasi (Gond, Santhal, Bhil, Munda, Ho, Khasi, Garo, Nicobarese), Vedda, Baloch, Brahui, Nuristani, Kalasha, Sherpa, Tharu, Lepcha.
- Southeastern Region: Orang Asli (Temuan, Semai), Dayak (Iban, Bidayuh), Batak, Toraja, Mentawai, Asmat, Dani, Igorot, Lumad (T’boli, Manobo), Hmong, Karen, Akha, Lahu, Shan, Cham, Khmer Krom.
- Eastern Region: Ainu, Ryukyuans, Uyghurs, Tibetans, Mongols, Zhuang, Manchu, Hui, Miao, Yi, Tujia, Koreans (as indigenous people of the peninsula), Bai, Hani, Dai, Dong, Bouyei, Li.
- Southwestern Region: Amazigh (Berbers), Bedouin (various tribes), Assyrians, Kurds, Yazidis, Druze, Marsh Arabs, Copts, Samaritans, Talysh, Lurs, Bakhtiari, Qashqai, Ahwazi Arabs.
Colonized Countries created in this region include: Russia, Kazakhstan, India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Brunei, Timor-Leste, China, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan.
Earth Plate 4
Indigenous Groups by Region (Partial List):
- Southern Region: San (Ju/’hoansi, !Kung), Khoikhoi, Nama, Damara, Himba, Herero, Zulu, Xhosa, Sotho, Tswana, Swazi, Ndebele, Venda, Tsonga.
- Central Region: Pygmy peoples (Mbuti, Baka, Twa, Aka), Fang, Kota, Mbete, Teke, Kongo, Luba, Lunda, Chokwe, Mangbetu, Azande, Banda, Gbaya, Sara, Kanuri.
- Eastern Region: Maasai, Samburu, Turkana, Karamojong, Dinka, Nuer, Anuak, Oromo, Amhara, Tigray, Somali, Afar, Beja, Kikuyu, Kamba, Luhya, Luo, Ganda, Hutu, Tutsi, Twa, Chaga, Sukuma, Ha, Makonde, Yao.
- Northern Region: Amazigh (Tuareg, Kabyle, Riffians, Shawiya, Siwi, Mozabite), Toubou, Nubians, Fur, Beja, Zaghawa, Copts.
- Western Region: Akan (Ashanti, Fante), Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa, Fulani, Mandinka, Bambara, Soninke, Wolof, Serer, Mossi, Dogon, Senufo, Fon, Ewe, Ga, Ijaw, Kanuri, Tiv, Ibibio, Kru, Temne, Mende, Limba, Kissi.
Colonized Countries created in this region include: South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, São Tomé and Príncipe, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Sudan, South Sudan, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Western Sahara, Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, Mali, Côte d’Ivoire, Niger, Chad, Burkina Faso, Benin, Togo, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, The Gambia, Mauritania, Cabo Verde, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, Madagascar, Comoros, Mauritius, Seychelles.
Earth Plate 6
Indigenous Nations by Region (Partial List):
- North Region: Inuit (Inupiat, Inuvialuit, Nunavimmiut), Yupik (Siberian, Central Alaskan), Iñupiat, Aleut (Unangax̂).
- North Sub Region: Dene (Chipewyan, Tłı̨chǫ, Slavey, Gwich’in), Cree (Innu, Naskapi, Moose, Swampy, Woods), Ojibwe (Anishinaabe), Atikamekw, Nakoda (Stoney), Dane-zaa (Beaver), Tahltan, Tlingit, Tsimshian, Nisga’a, Gitxsan, Wet’suwet’en, Sekani, Tagish, Tahltan, Kaska, Han, Upper Tanana, Tanacross, Southern Tutchone, Northern Tutchone.
- Northwest Coast Region: Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, Nisga’a, Gitxsan, Haisla, Heiltsuk, Wuikinuxv, Nuxalk, Kwakwaka’wakw, Nuu-chah-nulth, Makah, Quileute, Coast Salish (Stó:lō, Squamish, Musqueam, Lummi, Twana), Chimakum, Quinault, Willapa, Chinook, Clatsop, Tillamook, Alsea, Siuslaw, Coos, Tututni, Tolowa.
- Plateau Region: Secwepemc, Nlaka’pamux, Okanagan, St’at’imc, Ktunaxa, Lillooet, Nespelem, Sanpoil, Spokane, Kalispel, Pend d’Oreille, Coeur d’Alene, Flathead, Nez Perce, Cayuse, Umatilla, Walla Walla, Wanapum, Yakama, Klickitat, Palus, Wenatchi, Moses-Columbia, Wasco, Wishram, Molala.
- Great Plains Region: Niitsítapi (Blackfoot Confederacy: Siksika, Kainai, Piikani), Nakoda (Stoney, Assiniboine), Nehiyaw (Cree), Saulteaux (Ojibwe), Dakota, Lakota, Nakota (Sioux), Tsétsêhéstâhese (Cheyenne), Hinono’eino (Arapaho), A’aninin (Gros Ventre), Apsáalooke (Crow), Tsistsistas (Cheyenne), Pawnee, Arikara, Hidatsa, Mandan, Omaha, Ponca, Iowa, Kansa, Osage, Quapaw, Wichita, Kiowa, Comanche, Lipan Apache, Tonkawa.
- Northeast Woodlands Region: Haudenosaunee (Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, Tuscarora), Anishinaabe (Ojibwe, Odawa, Potawatomi), Wabanaki (Mi’kmaq, Maliseet, Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, Abenaki), Lenape (Delaware), Munsee, Mohican, Wampanoag, Pequot, Mohegan, Narragansett, Niantic, Nipmuc, Pocumtuc, Mahican, Susquehannock, Erie, Wenro, Neutral, Petun, Huron-Wendat.
- Southeast Region: Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee (Creek), Seminole, Catawba, Lumbee, Powhatan, Pamunkey, Mattaponi, Rappahannock, Nansemond, Monacan, Tutelo, Saponi, Occaneechi, Cheraw, Edisto, Cusabo, Guale, Yamasee, Calusa, Apalachee, Timucua, Tocobaga, Chitimacha, Atakapa, Tunica-Biloxi, Choctaw, Alabama-Coushatta, Coushatta, Miccosukee, Natchez, Yuchi, Caddo (Hasinai, Kadohadacho, Natchitoches).
- Southwest Region: Diné (Navajo), Ndé (Apache: Chiricahua, Mescalero, Jicarilla, Lipan, Western Apache), O’odham (Tohono O’odham, Akimel O’odham), Pueblo peoples (Hopi, Zuni, Acoma, Laguna, Taos, Picuris, Sandia, Isleta, Jemez, Nambe, Pojoaque, San Ildefonso, Ohkay Owingeh, Santa Clara, Tesuque, Cochiti, Santo Domingo, Zia), Pai (Hualapai, Havasupai, Yavapai), Yaqui, Mayo, Seri, Tarahumara (Rarámuri), Tepehuan, Pima, Maricopa, Yuman (Quechan, Mojave, Cocopah), Kumeyaay, Tipai-Ipai, Chemehuevi, Southern Paiute, Ute.
- West Coast Region: Ohlone, Miwok, Yokuts, Pomo, Wintun, Maidu, Chumash, Tongva, Cahuilla, Luiseño, Kumeyaay, Tipai-Ipai, Serrano, Chemehuevi, Modoc, Achumawi, Atsugewi, Yurok, Tolowa, Karuk, Hupa, Chilula, Wiyot, Shasta, Wappo, Patwin, Nomlaki, Salinan, Esselen, Costanoan.
Colonized Countries created in this region include: Canada, United States, Mexico.
Earth Plate 7
Indigenous Groups by Region (Partial List):
- Mountain Range Region: Quechua, Aymara, Uru, Mapuche, Chibcha (Muisca), Pasto, Cara, Panzaleo, Puruhá, Cañari, Palta, Chachapoya, Wanka, Chanka, Q’ero, Ch’unchu, Colla, Diaguita, Calchaquí, Omaguaca, Atacameño (Likan Antai).
- Rainforest Basin Region: Yanomami, Kayapó, Asháninka, Awá, Ticuna, Matsés, Shipibo-Conibo, Aguaruna, Huaorani, Shuar, Achuar, Zápara, Yagua, Bora, Witoto, Ocaina, Nonuya, Cofán, Siona, Secoya, Huottöja (Hoti), Piaroa, Ye’kuana, Sanumá, Waiwai, Makushi, Wapishana, Taurepang, Patamona, Akawaio, Arekuna, Pemón, Yanomam, Baniva, Baré, Warekena, Kuripako, Tariana, Tukano, Desana, Cubeo, Wanano, Piratapuyo, Guananos, Barasana, Yuhup, Kakwa, Nukak, Jiw, Sáliba, Betoye, Cuiba, Achagua, Piapoco, Guayabero, Tinigua, Andoke, Muinane, Bora, Miraña, Yucuna, Letuama, Tanimuka, Yauna, Macuna, Barasana, Eduria, Karapaná, Siriano, Taiwano, Tuyuca, Yurutí, Bará, Waimajã, Dâw, Hupda, Yuhupde, Nadahup, Kakua, Nukak.
- Dry Forest Lowland Region: Guaraní (Chiriguano, Ava, Mbyá), Toba (Qom), Wichí, Pilagá, Mocoví, Vilela, Lule, Sanapaná, Enxet, Enlhet, Nivaclé, Ayoreo, Chamacoco (Ishir), Tapieté, Chané, Chorote, Chulupí.
- Southern Region: Mapuche, Tehuelche (Aónikenk), Selk’nam (Ona), Haush (Manek’enk), Yaghan (Yámana), Kawésqar (Alacalufe), Chono, Puelche, Gününa Küne, Pehuenche, Ranquel, Pampa.
- Island Coast & Northern Region: Wayuu (Guajiro), Añu (Paraujano), Kari’ña (Carib), Lokono (Arawak), Kalina (Carib), Warao, Pemón, Panare, Yekuana, Barí, Yukpa, Chaima, Cumanagoto, Timoto-Cuica, Mariche, Teques, Caracas, Caquetio, Gayón, Jirajara, Ayaman, Huastec, Totonac, Nahua (in El Salvador).
Colonized Countries created in this region include: Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana (FR), Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil.
Earth Plate 11
Indigenous Populations: There are no Indigenous human populations in Antarctica. The continent has never had a permanent human population due to its extreme environment.
International Governance & Research:
Antarctica is governed internationally by the Antarctic Treaty System, which dedicates the continent to peace and scientific research. It is home only to temporary scientific researchers and support staff who rotate seasonally.
Research Stations: Over 70 permanent and seasonal research stations are operated by various nations. Major stations include:
- McMurdo Station (USA)
- Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station (USA)
- Scott Base (New Zealand)
- Vostok Station (Russia)
- Halley Research Station (UK)
- Dumont d’Urville Station (France)
- Jang Bogo Station (South Korea)
- Bharati Station (India)
Colonized Countries claiming territories in this region include: Various nations maintain territorial claims, though these are held in abeyance under the Antarctic Treaty. The claimant states are: Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand, Norway, and the United Kingdom. The United States and Russia maintain a basis for claim but do not currently assert one. Many other nations, such as China, India, and Italy, operate research stations without territorial claims.
Earth Plate 12
Indigenous Groups (Partial List):
- Northern Region: Sámi (in Sápmi), Nenets, Komi, Veps, Izhorians, Võros, Setos, Karelians, Ingrians, Meänkieli (Tornedalians), Kvens, Skolts, Selkups, Khanty, Mansi, Nganasans, Enets, Chukchi.
- Western Region: Basques (Euskal Herria), Catalans, Galicians, Asturians, Cantabrians, Cornish, Welsh, Scots Gaels, Manx, Irish, Bretons, Frisians, Sorbs, Corsicans, Occitans, Sardinians, Sicilians, Friulians, Ladins, South Tyroleans, Wends, Livonians.
- Eastern & Southeast Region: Crimean Tatars, Gagauz, Hutsuls, Lemkos, Rusyns, Boykos, Szeklers, Csángós, Aromanians, Istro-Romanians, Megleno-Romanians, Pomaks, Laz, Pontic Greeks, Gorani, Yörüks, Tatars, Bashkirs, Chuvash, Mari, Mordvins, Udmurts, Kalmyks, Nogai, Karachay-Balkars, Circassians, Abazins, Ingush, Chechens, Avars, Lezgins, Talysh, Tats,
- Middle & Islands Region: Maltese (as a distinct people), Cypriots, Gibraltarians, Andorrans, San Marinese, Monacoise, Istrian Italians, Griko people, Arbëreshë.
Colonized Countries created in this region include: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Andorra, Monaco, San Marino, Vatican City, Malta, Greece, Denmark, Iceland, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Albania, Croatia, Slovenia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Cyprus.
Earth Plate 9
Earth Plate 9 (7th Largest), Indigenous Groups (Partial List – Over 250+ Language Groups):
- Northern Region: Yolngu (Dhuwal, Dhuwala, Djaŋu, Djinba), Tiwi, Larrakia, Wardaman, Kunwinjku (Bininj), Jawoyn, Yanyuwa, Burarra, Gupapuyngu, Rirratjingu, Galpu, Golumala, Marrakulu, Mānggalili, Gumatj, Moimali, Murrinh-Patha, Ngangikurrunggurr, Marrithiyel.
- Central Region: Arrernte (Central, Eastern, Western), Pitjantjatjara, Yankunytjatjara, Luritja, Warlpiri, Anmatyerre, Alyawarr, Pertame, Kaytetye, Warumungu, Pintupi, Ngaanyatjarra, Martu (Manyjilyjarra, Warnman), Kukatja, Pintupi-Luritja, Warlmanpa.
- Southwest Region: Noongar (Whadjuk, Pindjarup, Wardandi, Amangu, Yued, Kaneang, Wilman, Balardong, Njakinjaki, Njunga, Bibbulman).
- Southeast Region: Koorie (Kulin Nation: Woiwurrung, Boonwurrung, Taungurung, Dja Dja Wurrung, Wathaurong), Gunditjmara, Yorta Yorta, Wurundjeri, Gunai/Kurnai, Wiradjuri, Bundjalung, Eora, Darug, Dharawal, Dhurga, Tharawal, Yuin, Ngarigo, Walgalu, Ngunnawal, Awabakal, Worimi, Birpai, Darkinjung, Gamilaraay, Yuwaalaraay, Wiradjuri, Wailwan, Wongaibon.
Northeast Region: Murri (Yuggera, Turrbal, Gubbi Gubbi, Wakka Wakka, Butchulla, Kabi Kabi, Dyirbal, Yidiny, Guugu Yimithirr, Yalanji, Gugu Badhun, Wulgurukaba, Bindal, Yuru, Gia, Jirrbal), Kalkadoon, Yuwibara, Wiri, Goa, Gungalu.
- Island Region: Tiwi, Anindilyakwa (Warnumamalya).
- Central Island Region: Kala Lagaw Ya, Meriam Mir, Yumplatok speakers, including groups from Badu, Moa, Saibai, Murray, Dauan, Waiben, Erub, Ugar, Masig.
Colonized Country created in this region: Australia.
Note: Aboriginal represent the world’s oldest continuous cultures, with over 250 distinct language groups and countless clan groups inhabating the continent for over 65,000 years. This list is a tiny sample of this immense diversity.
Earth Plate 14
Earth Plate 14 (8th Largest)
- Inuit of Plate 14 (Kalaallit): The Indigenous people of Kalaallit Nunaat are Inuit and are primarily known as Kalaallit. However, there are historical and regional sub-groups that reflect migration patterns and adaptations to different parts of the immense island:
- Western Region: The largest population, inhabiting the west coast. This is the group most commonly referred to.
- Eastern Region: Tunumiit, Inuit of the Ammassalik coast and surrounding areas in East Greenland.
- Northwest Region: The northernmost group in the world, residing in the Thule region (Avannaata), Inughuit in Northwest.
- Historical Groups (now assimilated): The Sermermiut and Qavdlunâit of the Disko Bay area, and the now-extinct South Greenlandic Dorset culture people.
Colonized Country created in this region: Greenland is a self-governing autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark.
Note: While often grouped with other Inuit, the people of this plate have a distinct history and identity shaped by their specific island environment. Their right to self-determination is a central political issue.
Earth Plate 17
Indigenous Groups (Partial List):
- Northwestern Region: Aboriginal Australians (Noongar, Arrernte, Yolngu, Murri, Koori, Palawa, Tiwi, Anindilyakwa, Larrakia, Yawuru, Pitjantjatjara, Martu, Ngaanyatjarra, Warlpiri, Aranda, Pintupi, Luritja, Warlpiri, Kamilaroi, Wiradjuri, Bundjalung, Eora, Darug, Dharawal, Yuin, Gunditjmara, Wurundjeri, Boonwurrung, and hundreds more distinct nations).
- Central Islands Region: Torres Strait Islanders (Kala Lagaw Ya and Meriam Mir speakers).
- Southern west Region: Māori (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Porou, Waikato, Ngāi Tahu, and many other iwi/tribes).
- Central Region: Papuan peoples (Huli, Enga, Kalam, Asmat, Dani, Kamoro, Motu, Tolai, Baining, Trobriand Islanders), Kanak (New Caledonia), Ni-Vanuatu, Solomon Islanders, Fijians (iTaukei), Rotumans.
- Central North Region : Chamorro (Guam, Northern Mariana Islands), Carolinians (Northern Mariana Islands), Yapese, Chuukese, Pohnpeian, Kosraean, Marshallese, Palauan, Kiribati, Nauruan.
- Central East Region: Native Hawaiians, Sāmoans, Tongans, Niueans, Cook Island Māori, Tahitians (Mā’ohi), Marquesans, Tuamotuans, Rapanui (Easter Island), Moriori (Rēkohu/Chatham Islands), Tokelauans, Tuvaluans, Futunans, Wallisians, Uveans, Mangarevans, Rarotongans, Pukapukans.
Colonized Countries and territories created in this region include: Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Samoa, Tonga, Kiribati, Micronesia, Palau, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Tuvalu, Timor-Leste, and various overseas territories of the USA (Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa), France (French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Wallis & Futuna), the UK (Pitcairn Islands), Chile (Easter Island), and Indonesia (West Papua).
Continued Colonization and Settler Logic:
In many of these cases, the logic of continued colonization or settler colonialism applies. States like Israel, with its ongoing settlement of Palestinian land, or France and the UK, which continue to exert military and economic control over former colonies, can be seen as engaging in modern forms of colonialism. These actions, which involve the suppression of local populations and the use of military force to maintain control, fit the broader definition of state terrorism.
Political Bias and Selective Application of “Terrorism”:
The designation of a state as a “terrorist state” is often a reflection of political power dynamics rather than objective criteria. Powerful nations are rarely labeled as terrorist states, even when they engage in actions that meet the definition of terrorism. Instead, smaller or less powerful states, or non-state actors, are more likely to be branded as terrorists. This selective application of the label serves the interests of powerful nations, allowing them to justify their own use of violence while condemning similar actions by others.
In summary, applying the same logic used to accuse smaller or non-state actors of terrorism to powerful nations reveals a pattern of political bias and selective enforcement. Nations like the USA, Israel, England, France, China, Russia and the EU have all engaged in actions that are considered state terrorism if evaluated by the same criteria applied to their adversaries. Yet, the power dynamics of the global order ensure that these nations are rarely held accountable under such terms, highlighting the deeply political nature of the “terrorist state” designation.
Current Earth Plate Plate Configuration
Earth Plate 10 (Largest)
Earth Plate 4 (2nd Largest)
Earth Plate 6 (3rd Largest)
Earth Plate 7 (4th Largest)
Earth Plate 11 (5th Largest)
Earth Plate 12 (6th Largest)
Earth Plate 9 (7th Largest)
Earth Plate 14 (8th Largest)
Earth Plate 17 (Smallest)
Key Rules of This Naming System
Earth Plate 1 = Original whole.
Higher numbers = Later fragments (E19 broke after Earth Plate 18).
No reuse of numbers (split fragments inherit new IDs).
Merged units get new numbers (Earth Plate 6 + Earth Plate 7 → Earth Plate 10).
Why This Works
Clear chronology: Earth Plate 1 (oldest) → Earth Plate 19 (youngest).
No geographic bias: Numbers avoid colonial names.
Adaptable: Add Earth Plate 20, Earth Plate 21, etc. for future breaks.