User:Kardon99/Choose an Article

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

Option 1

 * Article title
 * Indigenous peoples of California


 * Article Evaluation
 * Very important subject given size and prevalence of California in the US. However, given poor quality ratings from three different WikiProjects. Decent range of literature provided in the article (not a ton), and seems to need more info on "precontact."


 * Sources
 * - https://www.britannica.com/topic/California-Indian
 * - https://calisphere.org/exhibitions/3/native-americans-pre-columbian/#overview

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Black Indians in the United States


 * Article Evaluation
 * Rated by four WikiProjects as high-important with poor quality. Interesting topic but needs more detail regarding the different ancestries. Already includes a great amount of literature.


 * Sources
 * - https://archive.org/details/blackindianshidd0000katz
 * - https://web.archive.org/web/20090714113317/http://www.djembe.dk/no/19/08biwapi.html

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Columbus Day


 * Article Evaluation
 * Highly important subject especially considering transition into Indigenous Peoples' Day. Nonetheless, given poor ratings. Wide range of literature used around the article. Could use much more detail on the recent movement for leaving Columbus Day for Indigenous Peoples' Day.


 * Sources
 * - http://www.aimovement.org/moipr/columbus-oct00.html
 * - https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41990.pdf

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Squanto


 * Article Evaluation
 * Rated as important by two WikiProjects but poor quality. Lots of literature used, however, lots of controversy on the talk page about cited facts/evidence.


 * Sources
 * - https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=vH1GAQAAMAAJ&rdid=book-vH1GAQAAMAAJ&rdot=1
 * - https://archive.org/details/manitouprovidenc00neal

Option 5

 * Article title
 * Mohave people


 * Article Evaluation
 * Very poor quality rating but indicated as highly important by WikiProject. Article mostly written a long time ago and could use updates based on more recent research. Little literature for the scope of the article (could use a lot more).


 * Sources
 * - https://kb.osu.edu/bitstream/handle/1811/3865/V51N05_273.pdf
 * - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/21674086.1939.11925403?journalCode=upaq20