Wikipedia:Meetup/strong voices indigenous women

=Event Details=

This event will take place in the Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America (3 James Street) and is cosponsored by the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study and the Harvard University Native American Program. Refreshments will be provided. Free and open to the public.

No previous experience writing Wikipedia entries is necessary. Wikipedia experts and research librarians from Harvard libraries, including the Schlesinger, will be available to help you write and edit your entries. A list of possible subjects, printed reference materials, and online resources will be provided to support the work. New ideas and resources are also welcome. If you cannot join us in person, you can also participate remotely. A behind-the-scenes tour of the Schlesinger Library will be open to those attending the edit-a-thon.

This event is part of the Radcliffe Institute's Initiative on Native and Indigenous Peoples.

Schedule
4:00-4:15 Remarks by Daniel Carpenter, Director of the social sciences program at the Radcliffe Institute and Allie S. Freed Professor of Government in the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

4:15-4:30 An introduction to Wikipedia by Jenny Gotwals, Archivist and Amanda Strauss, Research Librarian

4:30-6:00 Wikipedia editing

5:00 tour of Schlesinger Library (optional)

5:30 tour of Schlesinger Library (optional)

Logistics

 * Locations, directions, maps:
 * Schlesinger Library is located in Radcliffe Yard, 3 James Street, Cambridge, MA. Directions, a map, and parking information is available here.
 * Twitter: Hashtags #strongvoices #WikiWomen
 * WiFi: Harvard Guest
 * What to Bring: laptop and extension cord
 * Food: Light refreshments will be served
 * Questions? Contact the organizer: Amanda Strauss (Amandastra)

=Sign Up and Guest List= If you do not have a Wikipedia account, please create one in advance of the event. It should take less than five minutes:User Login

=Attending=
 * Donna Mitchel
 * Amanda Strauss
 * Jenny Gotwals
 * Susan Gilman
 * Nicole Topich
 * Becky Wasserman
 * Meghan Bailey
 * Ren Green
 * Elizabeth Schneider
 * J. Ceja
 * Ross Mulcare
 * Honor Moody
 * Michael Muller
 * Pauline Ryan
 * Amira Weeks
 * Merry Morse
 * Dan Carpenter
 * Leah Edelman
 * Henry Shull (starting Natawista)
 * Andrew Pope
 * Raquel Halsey
 * Erica Kiemele

Participating Remotely
Emily Macgillivray

=Suggested Topics=

Biographies Needing Improvement

 * Susan Aglukark (Inuk musician)
 * Elsie Allen (basket weaver) Needs photograph; short article
 * Paula Gunn Allen (poet, literary critic, activist) Needs additional citations
 * Anna Mae Aquash (activist) Needs additional citations
 * JoAllyn Archambault (cultural anthropologist) Short article
 * Jeannette Armstrong (author, educator, artist, activist) Needs photograph
 * Pitseolak Ashoona (artist) Needs photograph
 * Jessie Little Doe Baird (linguist) Stub article
 * Ethel Blondin-Andrew (Canadian politician) Short article, needs citations, needs photo
 * Mary Brave Bird (writer, activist) Needs additional citations and citation formatting; needs photo
 * Beth Brant (writer) Short article; needs photo
 * Maria Campbell (playwright, author, filmmaker) Short article
 * Gladys Cardiff (poet) Short articles, needs photo
 * Tantoo Cardinal (actress) Short article
 * Chrystos (writer, activist) Short article
 * Cockacoeske (tribal leader) Needs additional citations and style edits
 * Elizabeth Cook-Lynn (writer, academic) Stub article
 * Polly Cooper Stub article
 * Helen Cordero (potter) Short Article
 * Datsolalee (basket weaver) Single source, short article
 * Ada Deer (advocate, scholar) Article Needs additional citations
 * Ella Cara Deloria (educator, anthropologist, ethnographer, linguist, novelist) Insufficient inline citations
 * Olive Dickason (Canadian historian) Needs photo
 * Sharon Firth (Olympic cross-country skier) Stub article
 * Shirley Firth (Olympic cross-country skier) Stub article
 * Matilda Joslyn Gage (suffragist, activist) Needs citation, doesn't adequately summarize
 * Diane Glancy (poet, author, playwright) Stub article
 * Janet Campbell Hale (writer) Stub article
 * Helen Hardin (painter) Needs Photograph
 * Joy Harjo (poet, musician, author) Stub article; needs citations
 * Linda Hogan (writer, academic, environmentalist) Short article
 * Alice Lee Jemison (activist, journalist) Needs photograph
 * Louisa Keyser (basket weaver) Needs additional citations
 * Clara Sue Kidwell (scholar, historian) Short article, needs photo
 * Trudie Lamb-Richmond (educator, author) Short article
 * Roberta Lawson (activist, musician) Needs photograph; short article
 * Lucy M. Lewis (potter) Insufficient Inline Citations
 * Linda Lomahaftewa (printermaker, painter, educator) Short article
 * Lozen (warrior, prophetess) Needs photograph
 * Juana Maria (last surviving tribe member) Needs additional citation
 * Maria Martinez (artist) Needs additional citations
 * Janet McCloud (activist) Needs additional citations
 * Beatrice Medicine (professor) Stub article
 * Mountain Wolf Woman (member of Winnebago tribe) Short article; needs photo
 * Mary Musgrove (colonial interpreter) Needs Photograph
 * Nora Naranjo-Morse (potter, poet) Stub article
 * Alanis Obomsawin (filmmaker) Needs Photograph
 * Molly Ockett Stub article
 * Pamela Palmater (lawyer, professor) Short article, needs photo
 * Janine Pease (educator, advocate) Needs photograph
 * Pretty Nose (Arapaho war chief) Short article
 * Queen Ann (Pamunkey chief) (ruler of Pamunkey tribe) Stub article
 * Wendy Rose (writer) Needs photograph
 * Joanne Shenandoah (singer, composer) Needs additional citations
 * Leslie Marmon Silko (writer) Needs photograph
 * Tanya Tagaq (throat singer) Short article
 * Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers Needs citations, needs photo
 * Luci Tapahonso (poet, lecturer) Short article
 * Thanadelthur (guide, interpreter) Needs Photograph
 * Grace Thorpe (WWII veteran) Stub article
 * Running Eagle (warrior) Short; No photograph
 * Kay WalkingStick (landscape artist) Needs Photograph
 * Yvonne Wanrow (member of important trial) insufficient inline citations
 * Nancy Ward (Cherokee council member) Needs photograph
 * Annie Dodge Wauneka (influential tribal member) Needs expansion
 * Wetamoo (chief) Needs citations, see also editorial notes on banner
 * Roberta Hill Whiteman (poet) Short article
 * Woman Chief (chief, warrior) Short
 * Elizabeth Woody (artist, author, educator) Needs to be re-written as an encyclopedia article not essay
 * Ofelia Zepeda (poet, intellectual) Short article

New Entries to be Written (Topics)

 * Harvard University Native American Program
 * Harvard Native American Law Students Association
 * Nez Perce Women's Industrial Society

New Entries to be Written (People)

 * Shelly Lowe
 * Rebecca Amos
 * Owanah Anderson
 * Ramona Bennett
 * Sarah Boston
 * Abigail Burnee
 * Sarah Burnee Phillips
 * Diane M. Burns
 * Anna Burr
 * Sally Burr
 * Wa Wa Chaw (activist, painter)
 * Maria Chona (autobiographer)
 * Sarah Ciscoe
 * Patience Fidelia Clinton
 * Coocoochee (medicine woman)
 * Polly Crowd
 * Lena Frank Dick (basket-maker)
 * Karen Diver
 * Jemima Easton
 * Milly Francis (peacemaker)
 * Esther Freeborn
 * Lorraine Freeman (metis activist, educator)
 * Priscilla Freeman
 * Lucy Gimbee
 * Hepsibeth Hemenway
 * Charlotte Heth (educator, ethnomusicologist)
 * Sarah Lavina Jiager
 * K. Tsianina Lomawaima
 * Hattie Kauffman (television correspondent)
 * Adrienne Keene (scholar)
 * Arlinda Locklear (lawyer)
 * Otellie Pasivaya Loloma (potter)
 * Ramona Lubo (basket-maker)
 * Magnus (Matantuck) (chief)
 * Jenny McIntosh (petitioner)
 * Cheryl Metoyer-Duran (librarian)
 * Zerviah Gould Mitchell
 * Natawista (interpreter)
 * Deborah Newman
 * Zintkala Nuni (massacre survivor)
 * Jamaica Osorio
 * Elizabeth Anne Parent
 * Ramona Peters
 * Helen White Peterson
 * Polingaysi Qoyawayma (autobiographer)
 * Linda Rodriguez
 * Ruth Roessel (historian)
 * Ramona Sakiestwa (weaver)
 * Helen Sekaquaptewa (autobiographer)
 * Elizabeth Senah
 * Anna Moore Shaw (autobiographer)
 * Kathryn White Shanley
 * Juane Quick-to-See Smith (painter)
 * Mary TallMountain (short-story writer, poet)
 * Patience Thomas
 * Waheenee (autobiographer)
 * Elissa Washuta
 * Rosita Worl
 * Muriel H. Wright (historian)

=Research & Wikipedia Help=

These are just to get you started -- feel free to add to this list.

Resources: Indigenous Peoples

 * List of Native American women of the United States
 * Category:Female Native American leaders
 * WikiProject Indigenous peoples of North America
 * Portal: Indigenous Peoples of the Americas
 * Handbook of North American Indians, Smithsonian Institution
 * Handbook of South American Indians, Smithsonian Institution
 * Native Languages of the Americas
 * Ethnologue
 * Countries and Their Cultures
 * Indigenous Peoples in Brazil (Instituto Socioambiental)
 * Indigenous Peoples: Issues and Resources
 * Indigenous Knowledge, Peoples and Sustainable Practice
 * National Museum of the American Indian
 * Native American Heritage Month
 * Protocols for Native American Archival Materials

Harvard Library Resources
Login through Harvard's e-resources or talk to your local university library for access.
 * van der Velden, Maja. 2013. "Decentering Design: Wikipedia and Indigenous Knowledge." International Journal Of Human-Computer Interaction 29, no. 4: 308-316. Business Source Complete, EBSCOhost (accessed April 5, 2016).
 * American Indian Biographies
 * A Companion to American Indian History
 * North American Indians: A Very Short Introduction
 * Encyclopedia of Native American History
 * American Indian Histories and Cultures
 * American Indian Movement and Native American Radicalism
 * Bibliography of Native North Americans
 * American Indian Law Collection
 * Early Encounters in North America
 * North American Indian Drama
 * North American Indian Thought and Culture

Wikipedia & the Gender Gap

 * If you care about women, you should edit Wikipedia differently
 * The Never-ending Night of Wikipedia’s Notable Woman Problem
 * Wikimedia Foundation: Gender Gap
 * Unlocking the Clubhouse: Five Ways to Encourage Women to Edit Wikipedia
 * Wikimedia Foundation: Gender Gap Manifesto
 * Wikipedia's gender gap and the complicated reality of systemic gender bias
 * How To Be A Woman On The Internet
 * The heart work of wikipedia: Gendered, emotional labor in the world's largest online encyclopedia
 * Some of all human knowledge: Gender and participation in peer production
 * Conflict, criticism, or confidence: An empirical examination of the gender gap in wikipedia contributions
 * Passing on: Reader-sourcing gender diversity in Wikipedia
 * First women, second sex: Gender bias in Wikipedia

About Wikipedia

 * Five Pillars of Wikipedia
 * GLAM Beginners Guide
 * Wikipedia Tutorial
 * Wiki Project: Women's History

Article Examples

 * Wikipedia quality scale


 * Here is an article that Wikipedia rated as "good" Lowell Mill Girls
 * Here is another article that Wikipedia rated as "good" Feminism
 * Here is a "featured" article List of First Ladies of the United States
 * Example articles about Native American women -- note categories at bottom --
 * Gladys Tantaquidgeon
 * Diane Humetewa

Formatting Shortcuts

 * Help:Cheatsheet
 * Starting an Article
 * Citation Guide
 * Wiki Markup Quick Reference
 * Text Formatting
 * Section Headers, Indents, and Lists
 * Links
 * Infobox templates
 * Create Citations from Google Books

Public Domain Images

 * | Schlesinger Library: Public Domain images on Flickr Commons
 * Finding Public Domain Images
 * Creative Commons Image Search
 * Wikimedia Commons

=Results=

Entries improved

 * Chrystos
 * Janet Campbell Hale
 * Emily Johnson
 * Ofelia Zepeda
 * Roberta Lawson
 * Annie Dodge Wauneka

New articles created

 * Jenny McIntosh
 * Coocoochee
 * Denise Wallace, currently a work-in-progress