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Article Evaluation

For this assignment, I decided to evaluate the Wiki Page titled, “Indigenous Peoples of the Americas”. I was surprised by the thorough and elaborate information available on Wikipedia about this particular topic. Everything found on this article was relevant to what the title of the article promised; from history, to culture, and DNA. Interestingly, the article pointed out aspects and details about Indigenous Peoples that not always, if ever, mentioned or acknowledged about their history. For instance, the article has sections such as “terminology/Native American name controversy”, “writing systems”, “History and status by country”, “Rise of Indigenous movement”, “Genetics”, “Notable people”, just to name a few. The article isn’t particularly biased, however, it does make use studies that make assumptions or hypothesis about the origin of native peoples. With that being said, as I skimmed that section I didn’t find any information on the resistance of Native Americans in terms of these “ancestral” or “origin” studies, many insist that the First Nation people have always lived on these lands. Another underrepresented point is the fact that many Indigenous Peoples have been subjected into these type of studies without their consent. Other than those two under-representations, the article does use appropriate and reliable sources. This article also makes it very easy to navigate and manage for someone who is looking to expand their knowledge on Indigenous Peoples of the Americas because it links other articles that may have further information about a certain topic.