Wikipedia:Meetup/IndigenizeWikipedia

Valerie Salez is spearheading a project with the Yukon Arts Centre in partnership with Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Heritage Department titled Conversations. This New Chapter project centres around activating a document held in the archives of the Trondek Hwechin Heritage Department (The Han Gwich’in Peoples Government in Dawson City, Yukon). The document contains the minutes of an impromptu meeting between Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau and five Yukon First Nations leaders in August of 1977, regarding the then-approved Mackenzie Pipeline. The minutes of this meeting clearly reveal two opposing cultures and two opposing ways of understanding economic, social and cultural development, with the land and its inhabitants as the focus.

While researching events and people connected to this document, Salez noticed there was a lack of information available. Online searches have become a valuable first step to researching any topic. Wikipedia gained its name to fame as a peer-sourced online encyclopedia. However, there is little to no information regarding key Yukon First Nations people. Let us indigenize Wikipedia with a Wikithon Event (or edit-a-thon). The goal is to have Yukoners create and/or add to wiki pages that highlight Yukon First Nations leaders, policymakers, politicians, cultural workers, artists/crafters, hunters, gatherers, community contributors, aunties, uncles, grandparents. This can be anyone alive or passed.

We are proposing a drop-in style event to allow people to contribute to Wikipedia. We are inviting people from the public and from organizations to contribute to writing, editing, or posting to Wikipedia about Yukon First Nations people.

Indigenize Wikipedia is presented by the Yukon Arts Centre in partnership with the Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre. This event is one of the two hundred exceptional projects funded by the Canada Council for the Arts’ New Chapter program. With this $35M investment, the Council supports the creation and sharing of the arts in communities across Canada.

Event Information
Date: April 28th, 2018

Time: 10am - 3pm (PDT)

Location: Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre, Multipurpose Room

Before the Event

 * It is valuable to create your User Account before the event:
 * "To create full articles (as opposed to draft pages), your account must be at least 4 days (96 hours) old, and you must have made more than ten edits" Your First Article


 * Join our Project! Here we can see our group efforts to Indigenize Wikipedia
 * Bring your Laptop! We will have computers, however consider bringing your own computer to this event.
 * Gather your books! Do you have literature that you feel would be a useful resource for this event? Bring it/them along!
 * Brush up on your Wikipedia Skills. Visit Training to get a quick lesson on how to create and edit Wikipedia articles.
 * Promote! You are a part of something special. Use the hashtags #conversations and #indiginizewiki to show your support!

Additional event dates and information to be determined

Goals

 * 1) Increasing Contributions of Yukon First Nations people, organizations and events on Wikipedia
 * 2) Increasing skills for editing/contributing
 * 3) Collaboration online and in person
 * 4) Strengthen relationships between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous people and organizations towards a common goal: incorporating First Nations Knowledge to Wikipedia

How to Indigenize Wikipedia
Our first event is focused on gathering, connecting, and understanding the information that is available on Yukon First Nations and to successfully create, edit, and publish articles onto Wikipedia.

What to Include
Here is a list (but not limited to) of information to include in the articles. It is important to remember to include just the facts.
 * Birth year / Year passed away (if no longer alive)
 * Location they where born
 * Nation
 * Clan
 * Family members
 * Education
 * Job(s)
 * Significant contributions, dates, jobs
 * Links to articles and/or videos related to their accomplishments
 * Photos

Following the 5 W's
Indigenize Wikipedia uses the 5 W method constitute a formula for getting the complete story on a subject
 * Who
 * What
 * When
 * Where
 * Why

Articles
The following information is a list of Wikipedia articles related to Yukon First Nations to create and that already exist.

Wikipedia Articles to Create
To prevent articles from being deleted ensure that what you write about meets the requirements for notability, preferably in the first sentence. Ensure you thoroughly explain why the article you are writing is important and show your sources and reference in literature. These lists are a starting point, feel free to add others.

People

 * Adeline Webber
 * Bill Webber
 * Willie Joe
 * Daniel Johnson (Tlen)
 * Dorthy Wabisca
 * Sam Johnson
 * Percy Henry
 * Pearl Keenan
 * Eric Morris
 * Joe Henry
 * Annie Henry
 * Annie Smith
 * Alex Vanbibber
 * Dan Vanbibber
 * Geraldine Vanbibber
 * JJ Vanbibber
 * Keith Wolfe Smarch
 * Alex Dickson
 * Doug Smarch Jr.
 * Ken Anderson
 * Robin Bradasch
 * Elijah Smith
 * Peter Johnston (Grand Chief)
 * Joseph Tisiga
 * Jeneen Frei Njootli
 * Angie Joseph-Rear
 * Dave Joe
 * Doris Mclean
 * Betty Lucas
 * Frank Patterson
 * Marylin Jensen
 * Math’ieya Alatini
 * Diane Strand
 * Joe Linklater
 * Jackie Olsen
 * Frances Oles
 * Jimmy Johnny
 * Chief Isaac
 * Blake Lepine
 * Candice Hopkins
 * Dolores Scheffen
 * Mida Donnessy
 * Kitty Smith
 * Shirley Adamson
 * Khà Shâde Héni Andy Carvill
 * Steve Smith
 * Simon Mervyn
 * Mathieya Alatini
 * Doris Bill
 * Daniel Morris
 * Eric Fairclough
 * Jack Caesar
 * Kevin McGinty
 * Kristina Kane
 * Richard Sidney
 * Roberta Joseph
 * Bruce Charlie
 * Angela Demit

Organizations

 * Yukon Aboriginal Women's Council
 * Yukon Aboriginal Womans Council Celebrates 35 Years


 * Yukon Indian Development Corporation
 * Council of Yukon First Nations
 * Skookum Jim Friendship Centre
 * Splintered Craft
 * The Dakhká Khwáan Dancers
 * Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre
 * Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre
 * Youth for Lateral Kindness
 * Shakat Journal
 * däna Näye Ventures

Events

 * Haa Ḵusteey Celebration
 * Da Kų Nän Ts’étthèt (Our House is Waking Up the Land)

Documents/Websites

 * Together Today for Our Children Tomorrow
 * PDF of Together Today for Our Children


 * Umbrella Final Agreement
 * https://cyfn.ca/agreements/umbrella-final-agreement/


 * Mapping the Way - Yukon First Nation Self Government
 * Hougen group - yukon-history - yukon-nuggets

Articles in Other Languages

 * Tagé Cho Hudän Interpretive Centre

People

 * Judy Gingell (Reseraching for more information)
 * Pauline Frost
 * Roddy Blackjack
 * Jim Boss (Chief)
 * Danny Joe

Nations

 * Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nation
 * Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation
 * First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun
 * Selkirk First Nation (Needs more information)
 * White River First Nation
 * Kluane First Nation
 * Liard River First Nation
 * Kwanlin Dün First Nation
 * Little Salmon/Carmacks First Nation
 * Champagne and Aishihik First Nations
 * Teslin Tlingit Council
 * Ta'an Kwach'an Council
 * Carcross/Tagish First Nation
 * Ross River Dena Council

Traditional Knowledge

 * Traditional Knowledge
 * Category:Traditional knowledge
 * Traditional society
 * Plants
 * Weaving
 * Birch bark
 * Carving
 * Mythologies of the indigenous peoples of the Americas
 * Native American religion
 * Canadian folklore
 * List of inventions and innovations of indigenous Americans
 * Trees in mythology
 * Bark bread
 * List of edible plants and mushrooms of southeast Alaska
 * Wild edible and medicinal plants of British Columbia
 * Spruce gum

Other

 * Yukon Land Claims
 * Indigenous peoples of Yukon
 * History of Yukon
 * Adäka Cultural Festival
 * Indigenous peoples of the Americas
 * Indigenous Peoples in Canada
 * Template: First Nations in the Yukon
 * Timeline of First Nations history
 * Moosehide

Lists

 * List of Museums in Yukon

Resources
Below is a list of available resources that may be useful for your article(s).

Wikipedia Resources

 * Indigenous Languages and Knowledge on Wikimedia Projects Toolbox
 * Cheatsheet
 * Training
 * Writing Better Articles

Research Resources

 * Mapping the Way
 * Wayback Machine
 * iPortal
 * Canadian Who's Who

Wikipedia Projects to Recognize
Here are other projects pertaining to the Indigenization of Wikipedia
 * Indigenous peoples of North America
 * Indigenous Storytellers Wikithon
 * Atikamekw knowledge, culture and language in Wikimedia projects

Participants

 * 1) Heathervon
 * 2) Valsalez
 * 3) Jacquiu
 * 4) Maryb867
 * 5) Rebecca0314
 * 6) Roni-Sue
 * 7) palomaamato
 * 8) sarandrademack
 * 9) julieannelaliberte

What's Being Worked on?

 * Candice Hopkins
 * Danny Joe
 * Judy Gingell (more information)
 * Adeline Webber
 * The Umbrella Agreement

Run Your Own Indigenize Wikipedia Event
Are you inspired by this event? Below are links to tools that will help run your own Wikithon event or contact Heathervon. User:Valsalez.

Ask the Experts

 * Wikipedia: How to run an Edita-thon
 * Wikimedia: Edit-a-thon How-to
 * More tips on library Edit-a-thons

General Wikipedia Resources

 * Contributing to Wikipedia
 * Five Pillars of Wikipedia
 * How to Edit a Page
 * Manual of Style
 * Bookshelf
 * GLAM Outreach

Creating Articles

 * Your First Article
 * Article Development
 * Using the Article Wizard

Tutorials

 * Basic Tutorial
 * Tutorial for Beginners
 * The Wikipedia Adventure