Talk:Jimmy Claxton
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Native American?
I'm not disputing that he was, though certainly the lede should say he was of "black and aboriginal ancestry", since "Native American" is not a term to be used in regard to Canadian aboriginal people. Though introduced as a fellow member of teh Oklahoma people - which maybe he was on his black side - I happen to know that "Claxton" is a First Nations surname in British Columbia, originating in one of the Coast Salish languages, Hulquminum I think (Straits Halkomelem aka Island Halkomelem); I don't know more about this guy, but I do know that it's a "chiefly" name and one of several traditional names that were transliterated into English in that region. Wellington is in the territory of the Snuneymux people, but my memory of the name suggests somewhere farther south, Chemainus or Cowichan I think, or one of the Straits Salish (Tsawout or Saanich etc)....Skookum1 (talk) 20:10, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
- OK I was completely wrong, the Claxton native name must be a complete coincidence, or is even derived from him somehow; his father was from Tennessee; see here and note that link has information that can expand this article considerably.Skookum1 (talk) 22:40, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
Plagiarism?
This write up is taken almost verbatim, without attribution, from the narration of the Ken Burns Baseball documentary. ("Inning 3")
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