User:Kqwu/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

 * Great Sioux Reservation
 * Great Sioux Reservation


 * Article Evaluation
 * Sources
 * Sources

*Option 2

 * Cultural assimilation of Native Americans
 * Cultural assimilation of Native Americans


 * Article Evaluation
 * B-class -- may not have as many edits to make.
 * There is a lot of focus on the aspect of boarding schools and the question of sovereignty, but there is no mention of the Fort Laramie Treaty which was one of the first instances of the shift to a policy of assimilation. Not only that, but the Fort Laramie Treaty required natives to move to reservations and transition to a subsistence lifestyle which was consistent with American perceptions of "civilization." I think the correlation between moving to reservations and farming and assimilation tactics is worth a mention.
 * Also, the article should illuminate the hypocrisy of assimilation strategies and the simultaneous forced removal of natives from their traditional lands, which would've seemed to imply that natives could not coexist with white settlers.
 * Also, the article should illuminate the hypocrisy of assimilation strategies and the simultaneous forced removal of natives from their traditional lands, which would've seemed to imply that natives could not coexist with white settlers.
 * Also, the article should illuminate the hypocrisy of assimilation strategies and the simultaneous forced removal of natives from their traditional lands, which would've seemed to imply that natives could not coexist with white settlers.


 * Sources
 * http://plainshumanities.unl.edu/encyclopedia/doc/egp.na.008
 * https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-ushistory2os2xmaster/chapter/the-loss-of-american-indian-life-and-culture/
 * http://www.indigenouspolicy.org/index.php/ipj/article/view/452

*Option 3

 * Black Hills land claim
 * Black Hills land claim


 * Article Evaluation
 * C-class
 * It's an ongoing dispute so I may avoid this topic for avoiding controversy's sake.
 * Though there are multiple specific examples, the wikipedia article does not mention article 12 of the Fort Laramie Treaty which I would consider extremely relevant to the article given the fact that the U.S. violation of the treaty via congressional act was in direct violation of this provision, which is still standing.
 * Additionally, there is little description of exactly what "land rights" mean in the context of these land claims and how they are defined.
 * Though there are multiple specific examples, the wikipedia article does not mention article 12 of the Fort Laramie Treaty which I would consider extremely relevant to the article given the fact that the U.S. violation of the treaty via congressional act was in direct violation of this provision, which is still standing.
 * Additionally, there is little description of exactly what "land rights" mean in the context of these land claims and how they are defined.


 * Sources
 * https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/sioux-treaty
 * https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/jspcth38&collection=journals&id=375&startid=&endid=391
 * https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/1868-two-nations-made-treaty-us-broke-it-and-plains-indian-tribes-are-still-seeking-justice-180970741/

Option 4

 * Standing Rock Indian Reservation
 * Standing Rock Indian Reservation


 * Article Evaluation
 * Sources
 * Sources

*Option 5

 * Indigenous land rights
 * Indigenous land rights


 * Article Evaluation
 * Start class
 * Immediately there are warning that the article requires more cited sources and does not represent a holistic perspective of the topic, which is extremely problematic for such a global and contentious issue. Most of the subsections are either empty or are extremely short overviews (as is the case for the U.S.). It could include more detail to the common/different ways different countries may define land rights, and how this impacts indigenous land claims in these various countries. The list of countries included is also probably not holistic and could be expanded.
 * Immediately there are warning that the article requires more cited sources and does not represent a holistic perspective of the topic, which is extremely problematic for such a global and contentious issue. Most of the subsections are either empty or are extremely short overviews (as is the case for the U.S.). It could include more detail to the common/different ways different countries may define land rights, and how this impacts indigenous land claims in these various countries. The list of countries included is also probably not holistic and could be expanded.


 * Sources
 * https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?collection=journals&handle=hein.journals/publan21&id=175&men_tab=srchresults
 * http://www.indigenouspolicy.org/index.php/ipj/article/view/452
 * https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/jspcth38&collection=journals&id=375&startid=&endid=391