User talk:Sswakum

Sxe'xn'x/Shackan
Hi. Thanks for your work on the Shackan/Sxe'xn'x page(s); I just created the Sce'xn'x one as an "ethno" article, which is where cultural and historical stuff should go; the Shackan Indian Band article is meant to be specific about the Indian Act government; see Talk:Skwxwu7mesh, Talk:Squamish Nation, Talk:Kwakwaka'wakw, Talk:Gitxsan, Talk:Tsimshian and follow various links from the discussion there as to why. I hope you can take the time to flesh out the other Nicola Tribal Association articles, which I "winged it" on what materials and scanty knowledge I have, but separate "ethno" articles are still needed for, e.g., Spaxomin and there should be one each for other groups, e.g. Cook's Ferry Band, whatever they're called in Nlaka'pamuxtsin/Scw'exmxtsin. Any changes or additions you may wish to make on Chief Nicola would also be very welcome, and it was my intention to write a page on Chilliheetza (all chiefs by that name, as is done also with Maquinna and as I will do with Pelkam'ulox when I get around to writing it - if I do. But just wanted to notify you of the distinction between government/band articles and ethno/cultural/history articles; traditional governments/organization rather than Indian Act-derived ones should be in Sxe'xn'x.  Also any particularities of the Sxe'xn'x dialect, or the Scw'exmx one for that matter, should perhaps be laid out on Thompson language or else separate pages for Scw'exmx/Sxe'xn'x dialects, if there's enough material available that is.Skookum1 00:05, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Pls see Talk:Nicola (chief), in the hopes you may be able to provide other sources/views on him and the associated events, including perhaps also Okanagan Trail. Any errors I have made in phrasing any of the Nicola people-related articles I apologize for; I'm doing the best I can from peripheral knowledge and what web sources there are, plus what I know from "whiteman history" books.  A cooperative effort is underway within the British Columbia WikiProject, which you're hereby invited to join, to address the First Nations/indigenous perspective within BC articles and their organization and content, so sensitivity to native views is important throughout as a result, even though this is already implicit in Wikiproject Indigenous peoples of North America, which you may also wish to join.....thx.Skookum1 00:03, 15 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi again. Just saw one of your edits (nice to see you around, although I'm gone for the rest of the day) and noticed this:
 * The Sxe'xn'x (meaning Shackan in Sxe'xn'x dialect of the Nlakapamux )
 * But "Shackan" doesn't have a meaning in English; it's an English-spelling attempt at Sxe'xn'x - there's a proper term for that I guess, I'll try and dig it up; adaptation at the very least. Shackan only exists in English because there was Sxe'xn'x beforehand; so please, what does "Sxe'xn'x" mean, literally?  And is that the name for the people who live there, or for the place, or is there no distinction, e.g. an -mx ending as in Scw'exmx etc?Skookum1 23:11, 19 March 2007 (UTC)