Wikipedia:WikiProject Indigenous peoples of North America

The aim of WikiProject Indigenous peoples of North America is:

• to organize our content,
• to improve our content when possible,
• to detect missing and incomplete articles and either create them or enhance them,
• and to provide a coordinated effort in this direction.

This project aims to encompass all current, historic, ethnic, legal, and cultural aspects of the many groups collectively described as Indigenous peoples of North America, including Greenlandic Inuit, Aboriginal peoples in Canada, Native Americans in the United States, Indigenous peoples of Mexico, Indigenous peoples of Central America, and Indigenous peoples of the Caribbean.

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WikiProject Indigenous peoples of North America

WikiProject Indigenous peoples of North America articles

1. Provide a centralized resource guide of all related topics in Wikipedia, as well as spearhead the effort to improve and develop them.
2. Create uniform templates that serve to identify all related articles as part of this project, as well as stub templates to englobe all related stubs under specific categories.
3. Standardize articles about different tribes, personalities, and (when possible) historical events and cultural aspects.
4. Verify historical accuracy and neutrality of all articles within the scope of the project.
5. Create, expand and cleanup related articles.

• List of {{subpages}}

If possible, the natural place to be used as the discussion forum is the project's talk page. Whenever needed, discussion can be moved to a more appropriate place regarding a particular matter.

• Determining Native American and Indigenous Canadian identities - what category does that bio belong in? What to do with the person claiming a "WP:CHEROKEEPRINCESS" grandmother?

• MOS:CITIZEN, MOS:NATIONALITY and MOS:ETHNICITY are direct links to the Context section of Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Biography, which includes this under Nationality Examples:

{{talkquote|Native American and Indigenous Canadian status is based on citizenship, not race. Indigenous people's citizenship can be listed parenthetically, or as a clause after their names.{{efn|1=For additional guidelines on naming conventions and sourcing Native American and Indigenous Canadian identities, see Determining Native American and Indigenous Canadian identities.}}

For example:

• Wilma Pearl Mankiller ({{langx|chr|ᎠᏥᎳᏍᎩ ᎠᏍᎦᏯᏗᎯ|Atsilasgi Asgayadihi}}; November 18, 1945{{spnd}}April 6, 2010) was a Native American (Cherokee Nation) activist, social worker, community developer and the first woman elected to serve as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation.

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• WP:TRIBE is the shortcut to Wikipedia:Naming conventions (ethnicities and tribes) and also covers many of issues addressed above.

{{See also|Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Canada-related articles#Capitalization}}

Style Guides on Indigenous terminology and other issues. Like Native American, Indigenous is capitalized when referring to people.

;From the Associated Press

• [https://apnews.com/article/race-and-ethnicity-us-news-business-ap-top-news-racial-injustice-71386b46dbff8190e71493a763e8f45a AP changes writing style to capitalize "b" in Black]. By The Associated Press, June 19, 2020. "The news organization will also now capitalize Indigenous in reference to original inhabitants of a place."

;From APA style

• [https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/bias-free-language/racial-ethnic-minorities APA Style - Racial and Ethnic Identity]. Section 5.7 of the APA Publication Manual, Seventh Edition, September 2019. {{quote|Racial and ethnic groups are designated by proper nouns and are capitalized. ... capitalize terms such as Native American, Hispanic, and so on. Capitalize Indigenous and Aboriginal whenever they are used. Capitalize Indigenous People or Aboriginal People when referring to a specific group (e.g., the Indigenous Peoples of Canada), but use lowercase for people when describing persons who are Indigenous or Aboriginal (e.g., "the authors were all Indigenous people but belonged to different nations").}}

;From The Chicago Manual of Style

• [https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/qanda/data/faq/topics/Capitalization/faq0106.html Capitalization]: 'We would capitalize Indigenous in both contexts: that of Indigenous people and groups, on the one hand, and Indigenous culture and society, on the other. Lowercase indigenous would be reserved for contexts in which the term does not apply to Indigenous people in any sense; for example, indigenous plant and animal species.'

;From the Native American Journalists Association (now Indigenous Journalists Association)

• [https://najanewsroom.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/NAJA_Reporting_and_Indigenous_Terminology_Guide.pdf Reporter's Indigenous Terminology Guide] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20181116050310/https://www.naja.com/reporter-s-indigenous-terminology-guide/ archive])
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20181215225843/https://www.naja.com/sites/naja/uploads/images/NAJA-Experts2.pdf "So you need an Indigenous Expert... Start here"]
• [http://web.archive.org/web/20181218222154/https://www.naja.com/resources/naja-ap-style-guide/ NAJA AP Style Guide]
• [https://najanewsroom.com/reporting-guides/ More reporting guides, on water protectors arrested at actions, etc.]
• [https://indigenousjournalists.org/naja-releases-indigenous-media-guides/ Indigenous Media Guides]

;Some example of WP:RS publications and media outlets that capitalize Indigenous when referring to Indigenous people (not a complete list, by any means):

• The New York Times [https://www.nytimes.com/topic/subject/native-americans]
• Chicago Tribune [https://chicagotribune.search.yahoo.com/search?p=Indigenous%20people]
• Los Angeles Times [https://www.latimes.com/search?q=Indigenous]
• The Christian Science Monitor [https://www.csmonitor.com/content/search?SearchText=Indigenous+people]
• Forbes [https://www.forbes.com/search/?q=Indigenous&sh=43c1733f279f]
• Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC): [https://www.cbc.ca/search?q=indigenous%20peoples§ion=all&sortOrder=relevance&media=all]
• The Guardian [https://www.google.co.uk/search?as_q=Indigenous&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&lr=&cr=&as_qdr=all&as_sitesearch=www.theguardian.com&as_occt=any&safe=images&as_filetype=&tbs=]

{{see|Bibliography of Canadian Aboriginals}}

• {{cite book|author=Phillip M. White|title=Bibliography of Native American bibliographies|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=oan5GrAzIjAC&pg=PP1|date=October 2004|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-31941-9}}
• Fagan, Brian M. (2000). Ancient North America: The archaeology of a continent (3rd ed.). New York: Thames and Hudson.
• Landar, Herbert. (1973). The tribes and languages of North America: A checklist. In T. A. Sebeok (Ed.), Current trends in linguistics: Linguistics in North America (Vol. 10, pp. 1253-1441). The Hague: Mouton.
• Sturtevant, William C. (Ed.). (1978-present). Handbook of North American Indians (Vol. 1-20). Washington, D. C.: Smithsonian Institution. (Vols. 1-3, 16, 18-20 not yet published).
• [http://www.billposer.org/Papers/bclgnames.pdf Poser, Bill. (2006). The Names of the First Nations Languages of British Columbia.]
• {{Cite book

| edition = Rev.

| publisher = Facts On File

| isbn = 9780816066940

| last = Sonneborn

| first = Liz

| title = A to Z of American Indian Women

| location = New York

| series = A to Z of women

| date = 2007

}}

• Younging, Gregory. (2018) Elements of Indigenous style : a guide for writing by and about Indigenous Peoples, ISBN 9781550597165

To assist in finding reliable sources for referencing articles on Indigenous topics and news.

• List of Indigenous newspapers in North America
• List of Indigenous periodicals in Canada
• [https://info.library.okstate.edu/c.php?g=723347&p=5160637 Native American Tribal Resources and Newspapers: Online U.S. Tribal Newsletters and Newspapers] (from OSU Edmon Low Library)

{{Main|List of Native American and First Nations law resources}}

• [https://www.narf.org/nill/resources/index.html Indian Law Research Guides] - including information on tribal recognition and enrollment, citizenship & borders, repatriation, environmental law concerning indigenous people, etc.
• [https://www.narf.org/nill/resources/indian_law.html Indian Law Research Sources]
• [https://thorpe.law.ou.edu National Indian Law Library]
• [https://indianlaw.org Indian Law Resource Center]
• [https://thorpe.law.ou.edu Native American Constitution and Law Digitization Project]
• [https://narf.org Native American Rights Fund]
• [https://www.ncai.org National Congress of American Indians]

• [https://dal.ca.libguides.com/Indigenous-Law Aboriginal Law and Indigenous Laws (Canada)]
• [https://indigenouslaw.usask.ca Indigenous Law Centre (Canada)]

• Tribal newspapers, TV, journals, contacts - even if not necessarily WP:RS, if there might be useful info, resources or links therein, add it here.

• {{Cite book

| publisher = Greenwood Press

| isbn = 9780313337628

| last = Everett

| first = Deborah

| title = Encyclopedia of Native American Artists

| location = Westport, Conn

| series = Artists of the American mosaic, ISSN 1939-1218

| date = 2008

}}

• {{cite web |title=Native American Artists Resource Collection |url=https://heard.org/native-american-artists-resource-collection/ |website=Billie Jane Baguley Library and Archives |publisher=Heard Museum |location=Phoenix, AZ}}
• {{Cite book

| publisher = Alliance Publishing

| isbn = 0964150964

| last = Reno

| first = Dawn E.

| title = Contemporary Native American Artists

| location = Brooklyn, N.Y.

| date = 1995

}}

• {{Cite book

| publisher = St. James Press

| isbn = 1558622217

| editor = Roger Matuz

| title = St. James Guide to Native North American Artists

| location = Detroit

| date = 1998

}}

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1. Willie Lavallee
2. Piscataway Conoy Confederacy and Sub-Tribes (currently redirect)
3. Cedarville Band of Piscataway Indians (currently redirect)
4. Andréa Ledding [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/dominion-play-saskatoon-1.4355454][https://thestarphoenix.com/entertainment/local-arts/a-house-divided-poem-play-dominion-symbolizes-colonial-canada]
5. Ote Emathla (or Jumper) (father of John Jumper (Seminole chief)) [https://ualrexhibits.org/trailoftears/people/ote-emathla-jumper/]
6. {{III|John Saiowisakeron Fire|qid=Q112678727}}
7. {{III|Jake Ohnehtotake Fire|qid=Q112678646}}
8. {{III|Ray Tehanetorens Fadden|qid=Q112678583}}
9. {{III|Arthur Montour|qid=Q111032205}}
10. {{III|Robert Burnette|qid=Q112664218}}
11. Timpooche Barnard [https://www.nps.gov/people/timpoochee-barnard.htm]
12. Pedro Bissonette [https://www.nytimes.com/1973/10/19/archives/policemen-kill-an-indian-leader-wanted-on-a-fugitive-warrant.html]
13. {{III|William Blackbird|qid=Q111032172}} [https://www.cherokeephoenix.org/news/monolingual-cherokee-speaker-blackbird-dies/article_5580c22d-d21c-5eaa-bf94-09e890960132.html]
14. {{III|Douglas Mitchell George-Kanentiio|qid=Q112678875}}
15. Ned Hatathli
16. John Konapot (or Pophnehonnuhwoh, Captain John Konkapot) [https://explore.berkshiremuseum.org/digital-archive/pophnehonnuhwoh-captain-john-konkapot-a-mohican-sachem]
17. Oktarharsars Harjo (or Oktarharsars Sands) [https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=OK095]
18. Robert Armstrong (Canada, born 1849) [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/the-secret-legacy-of-the-man-who-caught-louisriel/article35758157/] [https://uofrpress.ca/Books/M/Mudeater]
19. Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission
20. Vincent Craig
21. Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes (NOTE: the deletion log shows multiple past attempts to create such an article — perhaps a WP:REFUND should be the first step?)

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1. Albert P. Adams
2. George Adams (Washington politician)
3. Billy Akers
4. Nels A. Anderson (alt. Nels A. Anderson, Jr.)
5. Don Barlow
6. William Bishop (Washington politician)
7. Ray Christiansen
8. Joseph Chuckwuk
9. Matthew Dana II
10. Larry T. Davis
11. Chuck Degnan
12. Frank Degnan
13. Charles Fagerstrom
14. Frank R. Ferguson
15. Charles Franz
16. Phillip Guy
17. Jimmy Hoffman
18. Andrew Hope
19. Jimmy Huntington
20. Percy Ipalook
21. Jack Jackson, Sr.
22. Axel C. Johnson
23. Frank G. Johnson
24. Grace A. Johnson
25. Richard Lerblanc
26. Don Long (politician)
27. Eileen Panigeo MacLean
28. Carl M. Morgan
29. Roxanne Murphy
30. Ed Naughton
31. Irene Nicholia
32. Larry Peterson (politician)
33. George Pierre
34. Christopher Roberts (politician)
35. Leo Schaeffer
36. Frank See
37. Martin Seversen
38. April J. Silversmith
39. Jacob Stalker
40. John Starks (politician)
41. Daniel Sullivan (Oklahoma politician)
42. John Tennant (Washington politician)
43. Tony Vaska
44. Kay Wallis
45. Tim Wallis (politician)
46. James K. Wells
47. Alfred Widmark

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• Concise Encyclopedia of the American Indian
• Encyclopedia of Native American Biography
• Encyclopedia of American Indian Wars, 1492-1890

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