User:Marieatthemill/Indigenous peoples of Arizona/Bibliography

You will be compiling your bibliography and creating an outline of the changes you will make in this sandbox.

Bibliography

As you gather the sources for your Wikipedia contribution, think about the following:

Is the source from a reliable publication?
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- Ensure that your topic meets Wikipedia's notability guidelines.
- In order for a topic to meet the notability requirement, you must be able to identify 2-3 sources that are reliable, verifiable, and independent of the subject you're writing about.
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- Sources that are not independent of the subject might be useful additions, but don't count towards the notability requirement.
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Bibliography[edit]

Edit this section to compile the bibliography for your Wikipedia assignment. Add the name and/or notes about what each source covers, then use the "Cite" button to generate the citation for that source.

Examples:

Luke, Learie. 2007. Identity and secession in the Caribbean: Tobago versus Trinidad, 1889–1980 Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press.
- This is a book published by a university press, so it should be a reliable source. It also covers the topic in some depth, so it's helpful in establishing notability.
Galeano, Gloria; Bernal, Rodrigo (2013-11-08). "Sabinaria , a new genus of palms (Cryosophileae, Coryphoideae, Arecaceae) from the Colombia-Panama border". Phytotaxa.
- This is a peer-reviewed scientific journal, so it should be a reliable source. It covers the topic in some depth, so it's helpful in establishing notability.
Baker, William J.; Dransfield, John (2016). "Beyond Genera Palmarum: progress and prospects in palm systematics". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society.
- This is a peer-reviewed scientific journal, so it should be a reliable source for a specific fact. Since it only dedicates a few sentences to the topic, it can't be used to establish notability.

American Southwest Virtual Museum (Northern Arizona University) - includes sections about the archeological cultures of Arizona and the Southwest. This is a project run by Northern Arizona University in conjunction with the National Park Service, so it should be a reliable academic source.

Example citation for the page on the Sinagua people: ^[1]

Navajo Nation website - this is a page on several chapters in the history of the Navajo people, the largest Native American group in Arizona, as compiled by the official government of the Navajo themselves. It should be a reliable source; critically, it is also an indigenous source.

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Heard Museum page on Arizona Indian communities - this is a page on the website of the Heard Museum detailing the different Native communities in the state of Arizona. Located in Phoenix, the Heard Museum is Arizona's most prominent museum for Native American art and history, so it should be a reliable source on these topics.

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Combs & Nicholas paper - this is a published academic article by the University of Arizona, so it should be a reliable source. It concerns the effect of Arizona state policy on indigenous languages, which is important since, per the page on indigenous languages of Arizona, Arizona is the state with the largest number of indigenous language speakers in the US.

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Tumacácori National Historical Park - this is the website for a site in Arizona operated by the National Park Service, meaning it should be a reliable source on that site and its history. This specific page concerns the Pima Revolt of 1751, an important chapter in early Arizona indigenous history. Other pages on this site and other NPS sites also contain helpful information.

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My Tribal Area - this is a page operated by the US Census Bureau that provides 2021 population estimates for Native reservations, including those in Arizona. As a US census page, it should be a reliable source on population. The California indigenous people page includes a table of all the state's reservations, including population, so assembling a similar table in the Arizona page would require this information.

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The Other Arizona - this is a published journal article about the history of Native people in Arizona. As a peer-reviewed article, it should be a reliable source.

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Arizona Republic article - this is a news article by a prominent local news source, meaning it should be a reliable source. It provides a summary of a recent Supreme Court dispute between the Navajo and Arizona as well as some broader context about the standard of living for Arizona Navajo, an important part of 21st century indigenous history in Arizona.

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NPR article - this is a news article by a reliable media source, meaning it should be a good source on the topic. It provides an overview of the Long Walk, a period of attempted ethnic cleansing in the 1860s perpetuated against the Arizona Navajo by the US government.

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KPNX-TV article - this is a news article by a prominent local news source, meaning it should be reliable. It provides an overview of the Apache Wars, the longest war in US history, fought partially in Arizona by the US government against the Apache people. Like several of the above sources, this represents a crucial period in Arizona Native history.

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References[edit]

^ American Southwest Virtual Museum (2023). "Sinagua". American Southwest Virtual Museum. Retrieved October 15, 2023.
^ NNDIT (2023). "History". Navajo Nation. Retrieved October 15, 2023.
^ Heard Museum (2023). "Arizona Indian Communities". Heard Museum. Retrieved October 15, 2023.
^ Combs, Mary Carol; Nicholas, Sheilah E. (February 1, 2012). "The effect of Arizona language policies on Arizona Indigenous students" (PDF). Lang Policy. 11: 101–118.
^ National Park Service (June 10, 2020). "Pima Uprising of 1751". Tumacácori National Historical Park. Retrieved October 15, 2023.
^ United States Census Bureau (2021). "My Tribal Area". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2023.
^ Sheridan, Thomas E. (2011). "The Other Arizona, Redux". Journal of the Southwest. 53 (2): 139–176 – via JSTOR.
^ Becenti, Arlyssa D.; McKinnon, Shaun (June 22, 2023). "Supreme Court rejects claims by the Navajo Nation in a key water case". Arizona Republic. Retrieved October 15, 2023.
^ Burnett, John (June 15, 2005). "The Navajo Nation's Own 'Trail Of Tears'". NPR. Retrieved October 15, 2023.
^ Bassler, Hunter (January 5, 2022). "America's longest war was partially fought in Arizona". KPNX-TV. Retrieved October 15, 2023.

Outline of proposed changes[edit]

Click on the edit button to draft your outline.

Now that you have compiled a bibliography, it's time to plan out how you'll improve your assigned article.

In this section, write up a concise outline of how the sources you've identified will add relevant information to your chosen article. Be sure to discuss what content gap your additions tackle and how these additions will improve the article's quality.

Consider other changes you'll make to the article, including possible deletions of irrelevant, outdated, or incorrect information, restructuring of the article to improve its readability or any other change you plan on making. This is your chance to really think about how your proposed additions will improve your chosen article and to vet your sources even further.

Note: This is not a draft. This is an outline/plan where you can think about how the sources you've identified will fill in a content gap.

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I have tried to identify sources that would help fill several content gaps in my article.

Sources #1, #2, and #3 contain information on historical and cultural facts about specific Arizona Native communities.
Sources #4 and #7 are academic articles that provide broader overviews of Arizona Native history, with the first article concerning indigenous language use and the second article primarily documenting the economic history and lifestyles of Arizona Native communities.
Sources #5, #8, #9, and #10 provide detailed information on specific chapters in Arizona Native history that I believe are prominent enough to warrant inclusion in a history section of the article.
Source #6 provides demographic information on present-day Native communities in Arizona.

I am looking to use the more detailed article on indigenous peoples of California as a template for how to expand this article. After the lead, I want to include a write-up about Native history and culture in Arizona. I then want to re-format the list of reservations in Arizona into a more detailed table with demographic data, followed by lists of people and languages. I believe that these changes will lead to a significantly more comprehensive article, as well as promoting cohesion between two articles that purport to be about similar subjects but contain vastly differing levels of content.

[1] American Southwest Virtual Museum (2023). "Sinagua". American Southwest Virtual Museum. Retrieved October 15, 2023.

[2] NNDIT (2023). "History". Navajo Nation. Retrieved October 15, 2023.

[3] Heard Museum (2023). "Arizona Indian Communities". Heard Museum. Retrieved October 15, 2023.

[4] Combs, Mary Carol; Nicholas, Sheilah E. (February 1, 2012). "The effect of Arizona language policies on Arizona Indigenous students" (PDF). Lang Policy. 11: 101–118.

[5] National Park Service (June 10, 2020). "Pima Uprising of 1751". Tumacácori National Historical Park. Retrieved October 15, 2023.

[6] United States Census Bureau (2021). "My Tribal Area". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2023.

[7] Sheridan, Thomas E. (2011). "The Other Arizona, Redux". Journal of the Southwest. 53 (2): 139–176 – via JSTOR.

[8] Becenti, Arlyssa D.; McKinnon, Shaun (June 22, 2023). "Supreme Court rejects claims by the Navajo Nation in a key water case". Arizona Republic. Retrieved October 15, 2023.

[9] Burnett, John (June 15, 2005). "The Navajo Nation's Own 'Trail Of Tears'". NPR. Retrieved October 15, 2023.

[10] Bassler, Hunter (January 5, 2022). "America's longest war was partially fought in Arizona". KPNX-TV. Retrieved October 15, 2023.

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