Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Ignace Tonené

Ignace Tonené

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/May 30, 2023 by Gog the Mild (talk) 11:21, 7 April 2023 (UTC)



Ignace Tonené (1840/1841–1916) was the chief of the Teme-Augama Anishnabai Indigenous nation in Ontario, a fur trader and a gold prospector who was a prominent employee of the Hudson's Bay Company.

Tonené was the elected deputy chief before being the lead chief and later the life chief of his community. In his role as deputy, he negotiated with the Canadian federal government and the Ontario provincial government, advocating for his community to receive annual financial support from both. His attempts to secure land reserves for his community were thwarted by Ontario premier Oliver Mowat. Tonené's gold prospecting triggered a 1906 staking rush and the creation of the Kerr Addison gold mine, although one of his claims over the gold was stolen from him by white Canadian prospectors. He died near Lake Abitibi, Quebec and was buried close to Mount Kanasuta. In 2016, Tournene Lake in the Timiskaming District of Ontario was renamed as Chief Tonene Lake.
 * Most recent similar article(s): My searches of October 2022 to May 2023 only identified Simonie Michael as a similar article, which appeared on 5 March 2023. There is similarity because he was a First Nation/Indigenous Canadian leader, and difference because they lived in different times (lives did not overlap), in very different (Indigenous) nations (one Inuit and one Anishinaabe) and, are from very different locations (1,979 km apart) and faced different issues. This article is about a leader in the Indigenous system of traditional leadership, whereas Michael was a politician elected in the Canadian federal system.
 * Main editors: CT55555 (Primary author, FAC nominator, me)
 * Promoted: 17 March 2023
 * Reasons for nomination: Nominating because it is a new FA and has not been featured before, there is no specific date that is especially preferred for this article. That said, Wed, Jun 21, 2023 is National Indigenous Day in Canada, if coordinators favoured this being linked to one day. This is my first time here, so I don't know the traditions.
 * Support as nominator. CT55555 (talk) 15:57, 18 March 2023 (UTC)
 * The blurb needs trimming to between 925 and 1,025 characters including spaces. Currently it is 1.145. Gog the Mild (talk) 17:33, 22 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Ha, Gog the Mild, there is a funny chain of events where the original version was in the correct window, but I did not count the characters with spaces, so I was working to expand it. Since your comment, I realized my error and have replaced the original version. CT55555 (talk) 18:51, 22 March 2023 (UTC)
 * LOL. I wondered about that. Gog the Mild (talk) 20:28, 26 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Support. Gog the Mild (talk) 20:28, 26 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Support. Vida0007 (talk) 07:19, 3 April 2023 (UTC)