User:StrawberrySongbird/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Survivance.

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because the term survivance had been mentioned in class and I wished to learn more about it. From what I read, survivance is a term within Native American studies that emphasizes the active survival of Native American peoples and the inherent either (or both) resistance and/or endurance of it. The term matters because language is powerful and the resistance/endurance/survival of the word survivance recognizes and calls upon the strength and activism intrinsic to indigenous existence.

Evaluate the article
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The lead section is quite concise, but doesn't include a brief definition of the term, which I think may be beneficial. The content is relevant to the topic and is relatively up to date (the last edit was made last September).While the article does address a topic related to a historically underrepresented population and doesn't include any unrelated information, I feel that it doesn't touch on or provide many explicit examples of how the term "survivance" is used in other contemporary contexts outside of Vizenor or discuss any differences in usage recently. The article seems to be neutral, as it is describing the definition and history of a word; however, I am not aware of any controversy or opposing viewpoint, so if there were one, it would not be neutral. Most sources look to be academic books written by Native peoples, though there is an eight year gap between the most recent source included, so there may be some more recent academic pieces of writing that could be used. Link four works, however the ninth citation links to a website to buy steroids online? Additionally, there are some statements that lack citations where I think necessary. I believe that the piece is written relatively well but uses many direct quotations from its sources, particularly in the second paragraph of the usage section. The first paragraph, while readable, is a little difficult to follow at times. There are no conversations on the Talk page. The article is listed as part of the WikiProject Indigenous peoples of North America and has been rated as Start-Class. I believe that the article provides a strong historical basis but can be improved by developing the usage section of survivance, discussing its more recent uses or significances and how it is perceived within the community.