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issue with description of item

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Hi. I'm a little concerend by:

"a general term for Polynesian peoples, especially those used as laborers or indentured servants by the British Empire

Straightforward enough, but given the overall tone of the target article, which IMO needs to be split between the Oceanic context the North American one, this seems a little negative in description; Kanakas were not held in disregard in North America, rather the contrary. Maybe "used as indentured servants by the British Empire and hired as labourers by the Hudson's Bay Company" is a little more precise and doesn't "taint" the HBC legacy re Kanakas by association with the slave-labour menaing in the South Pacific. Again, the language is straightforward enough, I just think it has to be tweaked.Skookum1 (talk) 15:45, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Kanaka placenames in California

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I've already added the BC names, what ones there are articles for anyway. There are others in the Pacific Northwest states that may eventually qualify for articles; I just happened to find the following list of Californian Kanaka placenames so am posting it here for reference/research purposes; at least one Kanaka Creek (California) is a notable gold rush creek so likely should have an article; which one it is I'm not certain; it's what gave birth to Alleghany, California - ah, the one in Sierra County, it seems. I've redlinked things that seem like they will have history articles, there may be others of note (source was here:

Placename Type County
or Region
Latitude DMS Longitude DMS
Kanaka Bar Bar Butte 39 36 02 N 121 19 04 W
Kanaka Bar Bar Siskiyou 41 51 54 N 122 43 37 W
Kanaka Cemetery Cemetery Siskiyou 41 51 50 N 122 43 24 W
Kanaka Creek Stream Butte 39 56 34 N 121 34 35 W
Kanaka Creek Stream Butte 39 35 59 N 121 18 49 W
Kanaka Creek Stream Shasta 40 32 30 N 122 32 00 W
Kanaka Creek Stream Sierra 39 25 11 N 120 56 35 W
Kanaka Creek Stream Siskiyou 41 44 41 N 123 24 01 W
Kanaka Creek Stream Tuolumne 37 50 40 N 120 21 27 W
Kanaka Cutoff Canal Yolo 38 46 03 N 121 38 18 W
Kanaka Flat Flat San Diego 33 06 24 N 116 37 02 W
Kanaka Glade Flat Lake 39 12 26 N 122 34 48 W
Kanaka Gulch Valley Amador 38 25 18 N 120 48 51 W
Kanaka Gulch Valley El Dorado 38 59 47 N 120 47 57 W
Kanaka Gulch Valley Siskiyou 41 17 59 N 123 13 17 W
Kanaka Hill Mine Mine Siskiyou 41 44 37 N 123 24 01 W
Kanaka Mine Mine Tuolumne 37 52 13 N 120 09 42 W
Kanaka Peak (Butte County) Summit Butte 39 34 57 N 121 18 16 W
Kanaka Peak (Shasta County) Summit Shasta 40 33 42 N 122 33 18 W

Which like other placenames like Owyhee River underscore why I think there needs to be Kanaka (Oceania) and Kanaka (North America instead of the current Kanakas.Skookum1 (talk) 04:26, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]