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We re-evaluate this claim by considering the specific source of funding used by Kelly and others to map indigenous lands in Honduras: the US military\u2019s Minerva Research Initiative. Awards from Minerva, we show, are neither arbitrary nor based principally upon scholarly evaluation. Rather, the program is organized to increase the power of the US military through the development of new tactics and weapons through collaboration with social scientists. We conclude by discussing implications of our critique of Kelly and others for the ongoing debate regarding the involvement of the US military in the discipline of geography. <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3138\/cart.54.4.2019-0002","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,12,5]],"date-time":"2019-12-05T13:52:31Z","timestamp":1575553951000},"page":"288-296","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Human Geography, Indigenous Mapping, and the US Military: A Response to Kelly and Others\u2019 \u201cFrom Cognitive Maps to Transparent Static Web Maps\u201d"],"prefix":"10.3138","volume":"54","author":[{"given":"Joel","family":"Wainwright","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Geography \/ Ohio State University \/ Columbus \/ OH \/ USA"}]}],"member":"1696","reference":[{"key":"r1","unstructured":"AAA [American Anthropological Association]. 2008. \u201cAnthropologists Critique Pentagon\u2019s 'Minerva\u2019\u201d [AAA press release], 31 July. 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