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I removed the reference that the current size of the Chetco tribe is only 40 people as grossly erroneous. Although the reference listed (from the [http://www.currypilot.com/20091202114301/Features/Features/Discovering-Chetco-culture "Curry Pilot"]) gives the number at 40, there's a letter to the editor ([http://www.currypilot.com/20091212114358/Opinion/Letters/Letters-to-the-Editor-published-Saturday-Dec-12-2009 "Pilot" - Letter to the Editor]) in which the writer claims to be Chetco and have 28 people in her family. I'm also a Chetco and have over 40 people in my family (starting from my grandmother on down), which doesn't intersect with the letter writer's. 40 + 28 = 68, which is over |
I removed the reference that the current size of the Chetco tribe is only 40 people as grossly erroneous. Although the reference listed (from the [http://www.currypilot.com/20091202114301/Features/Features/Discovering-Chetco-culture "Curry Pilot"]) gives the number at 40, there's a letter to the editor ([http://www.currypilot.com/20091212114358/Opinion/Letters/Letters-to-the-Editor-published-Saturday-Dec-12-2009 "Pilot" - Letter to the Editor]) in which the writer claims to be Chetco and have 28 people in her family. I'm also a Chetco and have over 40 people in my family (starting from my grandmother on down), which doesn't intersect with the letter writer's. 40 + 28 = 68, which is over 1.5x the referenced number. Unfortunately, I can't give a better number at this time, but would appreciate help looking for references on a more accurate number. However, I felt that the estimation of 40 remaining Chetco needed to be removed until we find that better number, as it gives an incorrect impression that the people are dying out, which is not the case. |
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Estimation of Current Chetco Tribal Size
I removed the reference that the current size of the Chetco tribe is only 40 people as grossly erroneous. Although the reference listed (from the "Curry Pilot") gives the number at 40, there's a letter to the editor ("Pilot" - Letter to the Editor) in which the writer claims to be Chetco and have 28 people in her family. I'm also a Chetco and have over 40 people in my family (starting from my grandmother on down), which doesn't intersect with the letter writer's. 40 + 28 = 68, which is over 1.5x the referenced number. Unfortunately, I can't give a better number at this time, but would appreciate help looking for references on a more accurate number. However, I felt that the estimation of 40 remaining Chetco needed to be removed until we find that better number, as it gives an incorrect impression that the people are dying out, which is not the case.