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Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

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 * Shiwiar language


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article only really has information on phonology of the language. It mentions where it is spoken, but has no information on the history of the language, the Achuar and Shiwiar people except an approximate number of speakers and where they are located. It has no information around the sociocultural aspects of the language, or on its endangerment. In the lead it says that it is a language spoken in Ecuador but then it says in a contradiction that it is native to Ecuador and Peru. All of the phonological information is based on only one source written in 1975. There are no sources for the claims made in the lead.


 * Sources
 * Nci. (2019, April 09). Rainforest Conservation in Ecuador through the Eyes of an Indigenous Achuar. Retrieved November 29, 2020, from https://natureandculture.org/rainforest-conservation-in-ecuador-through-the-eyes-of-an-indigenous-achuar/ Taylor, A. (2014). Healing translations. HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory, 4(2), 95-118. doi:10.14318/hau4.2.005
 * CONFEDERACION DE NACIONALIDADES INDIGENAS DE LA AMAZONIA ECUATORIANA "CONFENIAE". (n.d.). Retrieved November 28, 2020, from http://www.ecuanex.net.ec/confeniae/ Crevels, M. (2012). " Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking". In The Indigenous Languages of South America. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton. doi: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110258035.167  Haboud, M. (2010). South America: Andean Region. In 1085624631 823961547 C. Moseley & 1085624632 823961547 A. Nicolas (Authors), Atlas of the world's languages in danger (3rd ed., pp. 96-98). Paris: UNESCO.  Lokensgard, S. (2011, February 17). Achuar and the Amazon Basin. Retrieved November 28, 2020, from https://sites.coloradocollege.edu/indigenoustraditions/sacred-lands/the-achuar-and-the-amazon-basin/  Mecham, J., Zorrilla, C., Thomas, D., & Downes, L. (2017, December 17). Ecuador Endangered by Extreme Extractivism. Retrieved November 28, 2020, from https://www.rainforestinformationcentre.org/ecuador_endangered_paper_2017

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Achuar


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article has a fair amount of information on the Achuar people. Some facts are sourced but the sources are often old, coming from the 1990s and therefore could be out of date. There is also too much information that is written without sources. The history section of the article is very short and lacks information. The article is divided into sections that are easily identifiable and accessible. The language section is confusing and not well-organized, giving somewhat conflicting information and lacking.


 * Sources
 * Nci. (2019, April 09). Rainforest Conservation in Ecuador through the Eyes of an Indigenous Achuar. Retrieved November 29, 2020, from https://natureandculture.org/rainforest-conservation-in-ecuador-through-the-eyes-of-an-indigenous-achuar/ Taylor, A. (2014). Healing translations. HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory, 4(2), 95-118. doi:10.14318/hau4.2.005


 * CONFEDERACION DE NACIONALIDADES INDIGENAS DE LA AMAZONIA ECUATORIANA "CONFENIAE". (n.d.). Retrieved November 28, 2020, from http://www.ecuanex.net.ec/confeniae/ Crevels, M. (2012). " Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking". In The Indigenous Languages of South America. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton. doi: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110258035.167  Haboud, M. (2010). South America: Andean Region. In 1085624631 823961547 C. Moseley & 1085624632 823961547 A. Nicolas (Authors), Atlas of the world's languages in danger (3rd ed., pp. 96-98). Paris: UNESCO.  Lokensgard, S. (2011, February 17). Achuar and the Amazon Basin. Retrieved November 28, 2020, from https://sites.coloradocollege.edu/indigenoustraditions/sacred-lands/the-achuar-and-the-amazon-basin/  Mecham, J., Zorrilla, C., Thomas, D., & Downes, L. (2017, December 17). Ecuador Endangered by Extreme Extractivism. Retrieved November 28, 2020, from https://www.rainforestinformationcentre.org/ecuador_endangered_paper_2017

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