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PASSENGER NATIONS

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A MANIFEST FROM EARTH

The Lunar Codex collects the works of an estimated 45,000 artists, writers, musicians, and filmmakers from all over the world, with an estimated 250,000 individual cultural artifacts in total.
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But it is the breadth of representation of Earth as a united community that makes this project unique.

The United Nations counts 193 member states and 2 observer states. The current CIA World FactBook indexes 261 'countries' - but counts among them entries for the European Union, the World, as well as territories, dependencies, and uninhabited islands.

The International Olympic Committee counts as nations those regions with National Olympic Committees (NOCs), including administrative NOCs not officially affiliated with a country, such as those representing athletes when their country is officially not participating in that year's games. For the Paris 2024 Games they numbered 206 nations.

By any of these measures,
the Lunar Codex has become, over its five-year collection phase, one of the most truly global cultural heritage projects of its kind, with curated work representing 262 countries and territories, and 149 Indigenous nations.
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Countries & Territories​​


The totals above are based on representative work from 201 countries & 61 territories, and an additional  149 Indigenous nations, the latter primarily from North America.

The Lunar Codex also includes artists from every U.S. state, and from every Canadian province and territory.

 

We are happy to provide contacts for those looking to profile creative artists from any of these regions.

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  â–ª  North America: Canada (including all 13 provinces and territories), United States (including all 50 US states, the District of Columbia, territories and protectorates), Bermuda / British North America (UK), Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)


  â–ª  Europe: Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canary Islands (Spain), Catalonia (Spain), Channel Islands - Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark (UK), Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England (UK), Estonia, Faroe Islands (Denmark), Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar (UK), Greece, Greenland (Denmark), Holy See / Vatican, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man (UK), Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Northern Ireland (UK), Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Scotland (UK), Serbia, Siberia (Russia), Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Svalbard and Jan Mayen (Norway), Sweden, Switzerland, Transnitria / Pridnestrovia (Moldova), Ukraine, United Kingdom, Wales (UK)


  â–ª  Africa: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Cabo Verde, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo (Kinhasa / DRC), Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini (Swaziland), Ethiopia, Eritrea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Libya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte (France), Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Réunion  (France), Rwanda, Saint Helena (UK), Sao Tome &  Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara (disputed), Zambia, Zimbabwe

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  â–ª  Asia & the Middle East: Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, British Indian Ocean Territory (UK), Brunei, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, China, Christmas Island (Australia), Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia), Cyprus, Hong Kong (China), India, Indonesia, Inner Mongolia (China), Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Macau (China), Malaysia, Maldives,  Mongolia, Nepal, Norfolk Island (Australia), North Korea (DPRK), Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea (RoC), Spratly Islands (disputed), Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen


  â–ª  Latin America & the Caribbean: Anguilla (UK), Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba (Netherlands), Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, British Virgin Islands (UK), Caribbean Netherlands (Netherlands), Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Falkland Islands (UK), French Guiana (France), Grenada, Guadalupe (France), GuatemalaGuyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique (France), Mexico, Montserrat (UK), Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico (US), Saint Barthelemy (France), Saint Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin (France), Saint Vincent & Grenadines, Sint Maarten (Netherlands), South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands (UK), Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos (UK), Uruguay, US Virgin Islands (US), Venezuela


  â–ª  Oceania: American Samoa (US), Ashmore and Cartier Islands (Australia), Australia, Bouvet Island (Norway), Clipperton Islands (France), Cook Islands (NZ), Coral Sea Islands (Australia), Fiji, French Polynesia (France), Guam (US), Heard and Macdonald Islands (Australia), Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, New Caledonia (France), New Zealand, Niue (NZ), Palau, Papua New Guinea, Palmyra Atoll (US), Paracel Islands (disputed), Pitcairn Islands (UK), Rotuma (Fiji), Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tasmania (Australia),  Tokelau (NZ), Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis & Fortuna (France)

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  â–ª  Antarctica: various locations on the continent

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* Regions in italics are represented by works including photographic or artistic material sourced via local government, where documentation of the artist is pending in our database

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Indigenous Nations​​

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The Lunar Codex acknowledges that it operates on lands which are part of the Treaty and Traditional Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the Huron-Wendat and Wyandot Nations.

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In terms of cultural contribution from Indigenous peoples, the Lunar Codex relied greatly on the Canadian-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC) for our core collection, and are grateful for their support.

We also are thankful for the support and encouragement of the estate of the late Norval Morrisseau, arguably Canada's most renowned artist, dubbed "the Picasso of the North" by Marc Chagall and the art press.

We are also grateful for the support from the Gabriel Dumont Institute, the Kipling Gallery, and many other institutions that focus on the works of Indigenous peoples of North America.


We apologize in advance for any errors, and a lack of understanding of traditional culture and territory, and will rectify any errors pointed out.


We are happy to provide contacts for those looking to profile Lunar Codex artists from any of these 149 Indigenous peoples.

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  â–ª  Abenaki, Acoma, Aleut, Algonquin, Alutiiq, Anishinaabe, Arapaho, Arikara, Apache (Chiricahua), Apache (White Mountain), Assiniboine, Blackfeet

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  â–ª  Caddo, Chemehevi, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Chickasaw, Chippewa, Choctaw, Choctaw (Mississippi band), Chugach Sugpiaq, Chumash, Citizen Band Potawatomi, Coast Salish, Cochiti, Colville Confederated Tribes, Comanche-Kiowa, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, Cook Inlet, Cree, Cree (Beaver Hills / Amiskwaciwiyiniwak), Cree (Fisher River), Cree (Plains), Crow, Crow Tribe of Montana

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  â–ª  Delaware / Lenape, Dene, Denesuline / Chipewyan, Fort Belknap Community of Montana (Assiniboine / Nakoda or Gros Ventre / A'aninin), Gitxsan, Grand Traverse Ottawa and Chippewa, Gwich'in, Ha'awa (Haida), Haida, Haisla, Haudenosaunee, Hidatsa, Ho-Chunk, Hopi, Hopi - Tewa, Hunkpapa Lakota, Hunkpapa Souix, Huron Wendat, Hy'chka (Coast Salish)


  â–ª  Inuit, Inupiaq (Alaska), Iroquois, Kainai (Blood), Kainawa, Kanien'keha:ka (Mohawk), Kasigluk, Keewaywin, Kewa-Laguna, Kiowa, Kwakwaka'wakw / Kwakiutl, Lac Courte Oreilles Chippewa, Lac Seul, Leni Lenape, Liidlii Kue, Lummi, Luiseño


  â–ª  Maliseet, Maliseet Wolastoq'kew, Métis, Michif Otepimisiwak, Mi'kmaq, Mohawk, Mohawk (Akwesasne), Montagnais Innu, Muscogee Creek, Muskoke, Navajo / Dine, Nez Perce, Nisga'a, Nuu-chah-nulth , Nuu-chah-nulth Ehattesaht, Nuu-chah-nulth Tla-a-qui-aht


  â–ª  Oglala-Sicango Lakota, Odawa, Odawa Anishiinabe, Odawa Potawatomi, Ohkay Owingeh, Onondaga, Onondaga Cayuga, Ojibwe, Oneida, Onondaga, Oreilles, Osage, Palute, Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, Potawatomi Lenape, Pueblo Acoma, Pueblo Cochiti, Pueblo Isleta, Pueblo Jemez, Pueblo Kewa, Pueblo Laguna, Pueblo San Ildefonso, Pueblo Santa Clara, Pueblo Santa Domingo, Pueblo Taos, Qagan Tayagungin


  â–ª  Sacwepemc, Saulteaux, Sami, Seminole, Seneca, Shinnecock, Shoshone-Bannock, Siksika, Sioux Standing Rock (Dakota/Lakota), Sioux (Dakota), Sioux (Dakota / Yanktonai), Sioux (Lakota), Sioux (Lakota / Oglala), Sugpiaq, Tahitan T'lingit, Tlingit, Tongva, Tsimpshian (Alaska), Tsutina, Tuscarora, Tyonek, Ute, Wailaki, Wichita, Witsuwit'en, Yukon, Yup'ik, Zuni

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  â–ª  Assyrian; Australian Aboriginal; Kalash; Siberian Chulym, Kets, Selkups, Khakhases, Dolgans

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* The Lunar Codex's current Indigenous contacts cover primarily the North American continent. The United Nations estimates that there are 5000 distinct Indigenous groups in the world. Addressing under-represented groups is a focus for the future, and for our partners, the Interstellar Foundation and the Lunar University. Dr. Peralta sits on the advisory boards of both organizations.

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The Lunar Codex is a curated archive of cultural works from across the globe, launched from Earth via NASA Artemis / CLPS program partners. The Lunar Codex is a project of Incandence Corp

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This website copyright © 2020-2025 Incandence Corp. All rights reserved. No other websites or channels are affiliated with the Lunar Codex except as linked herein. The Lunar Codex, Le Codex Lunaire, Codex Orion, Codex Peregrine, Codex Nova, Codex Serenity, Codex Freya, Codex Polaris, Orion Collection, Peregrine Collection, Νουα Collection, Serenity Collection, Freya Collection, Polaris Collection, Manifest 9, Annex 9, Artists on the Moon, Archived on the Moon, Νουα (nu-omicron-upsilon-alpha), ChromaFiche, and associated logos and seals, are trademarks or registered trademarks of Incandence Corp. MoonBox, NanoFiche, and other marks are trademarks or registered trademarks of their owners. 

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Individual works are copyright © by their respective creators, editors, publishers, or owners, and all rights as appropriate remain with them, whether or not a notice appears adjacent to the work. All works included in the Lunar Codex have been archived with permission from their respective creators, editors, publishers, or owners, whether individually, or as represented in a collection such as an anthology, exhibit, catalog, or magazine. Music on this website is Claire de Lune by Claude Debussy, Beta Records (2017) original performance recording used with permission - version x 1.33 speed.

Works may be identified by their Lunar Codex time capsule, NASA mission, as follows: [1] LC1 Orion - NASA EM-1 / Artemis 1 Mission (Nov 16-Dec 11, 2022); [2] LC2 Peregrine - NASA CLPS-TO2-AB  (Jan 8-18, 2024); [3] LC3 Nova - NASA CLPS-TO2-IM (Feb 15-22 2024); [4] LC4 Serenity - NASA CLPS-TO-19D Mission 1 (Jan 2025); [5] LC5 Minerva - NASA CLPS-TO-PRIME-1 (Feb 2025)[6] LC6 Polaris - NASA CLPS-TO-20A (Nov 2025); [7] LC7 Freya - NASA CLPS-TO-CP-11-PRISM (4Q25).
- Note: We are transitioning from the previous PM-1, XM-1, GM-1 designation to LC1-7, which is intended to be - but is not yet - implemented throughout the website.

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The Lunar Codex is fully-funded by Incandence and asks for no fees of any kind from artists or institutions. Anyone soliciting such via email, direct message, Patreon, Kickstarter, Indiegogo, GoFundMe, or similar, in any manner whatsoever, is not affiliated with the Lunar Codex despite any representation to the contrary. Incandence does not profit and makes no revenue from the Lunar Codex project. The Lunar Codex does not and will not deal in non-fungible tokens (NFTs), crypto-, or blockchain-related works, nor does it endorse, nor is it associated with any entities involved in such ventures, despite any representation to the contrary.

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