User:RaysArcade/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
 * Mitchelene BigMan


 * Article Evaluation
 * No article, but meets notability requirements. BigMan is a 22 year military veteran, founder of Native American Women Warriors, and leader of the Native Women's Honor Guard.


 * Sources
 * https://americanindian.si.edu/visit/washington/nnavm
 * https://www.americanindianmagazine.org/story/women-warriors-fighting-many-fronts-right-serve
 * https://womenshistory.si.edu/news/2020/11/learn-about-native-womens-military-service-national-native-american-veterans-memorial
 * https://gazette.com/military/woman-recounts-tough-long-road-to-a-pageant/article_94743ecd-406b-55db-9815-4033c41c2642.html#YaOe6F9H4J3oLicL.99
 * https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/author/mitchelene-bigman
 * https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-american-indian/2021/03/31/national-womens-history-month-mitchelene-bigman/
 * https://www.indianz.com/News/2014/09/09/native-sun-news-native-woman-w.asp

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Cherokee descent


 * Article Evaluation
 * Very short, but interesting article regarding commonplace false self-identification of Native American descent, specifically as a Cherokee. With recent events, this article's relevance is rising and new research adds to the debate about DNA and genealogy in contemporary Native American studies. Solid sources, and written with a neutral tone.


 * Sources
 * https://www.doi.gov/tribes/cherokee
 * https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA435002533&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=abs&issn=23321261&p=AONE&sw=w&userGroupName=oregon_oweb&isGeoAuthType=true

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Eskimo archery


 * Article Evaluation
 * Article is not written very well, but contains a solid bibliography and a number of good base sources. Disorganized and written in a semi-persuasive tone, it could be re-worked to take more of an anthropological approach, and also examine the cultural and traditional uses of the bow in Eskimo society.


 * Sources
 * http://npshistory.com/brochures/gaar/eskimo-hunting-bow.pdf
 * https://www.canadashistory.ca/explore/first-nations-inuit-metis/indigenous-archery-set

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Indian agent


 * Article Evaluation
 * The historical occupation of Indian Agent denotes those who interacted with indigenous populations. The article is short, but well-cited and listed. It is written well, but lacks crucial details in the history of the occupation, common practices, and their impacts on historical relations between indigenous peoples and the United States.


 * Sources
 * https://sos.oregon.gov/archives/exhibits/echoes/Documents/indian-agent-regulations-1855.pdf
 * https://www.mnhs.org/fortsnelling/learn/native-americans/us-indian-agency
 * http://plainshumanities.unl.edu/encyclopedia/doc/egp.pg.032

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