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Duration:  2025-02 – 2026-01

This page documents a research project in progress.
Information may be incomplete and change as the project progresses.
Please contact the project lead before formally citing or reusing results from this page.


This project will demonstrate the existing consensus in reliable sources about Indigenous North American identity. Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars and Wikimedians will interpret these sources and make recommendations about how this consensus might apply to English Wikipedia policy or guidelines. Recommendations for areas where policy or guidelines can be improved will be included as applicable.

Indigenous North American for this project encompases peoples in Canada, the United States, and the Caribbean.

Two essays will result. The first will be one "Wikipedia:"-space article with brief recommendations for an English Wikipedia audience. The second essay will detail the process of the study, analyze the reliable sources, and offer lengthier recommendations.

Wikimedia user input and offline feedback from Indigenous North American organizations and scholars will be part of the final phase. Follow this page or add your signature to the list at the bottom for participation opportunities.

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  • Chilcote, O. M. (2024). Unrecognized in California: Federal acknowledgment and the San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians. University of Washington Press. 9780295752846.
  • Miller, M. E. (2004). Forgotten tribes: Unrecognized Indians and the federal acknowledgment process. University of Nebraska Press. 9780803204096.
  • Sturm, C. (2011). Becoming Indian: The struggle over Cherokee identity in the twenty-first century. School for Advanced Research Press. 9781934691441
  • Allison-Cassin, S. (2023). Métis Nationhood: An Examination of Indigenous Nationhood, Sovereignty and Linked Data Through a Wikidata Case Study. In K. Burlingame, A. Provo, & B. M. Watson (Eds.), Ethics in Linked Data. Litwin Press. http://hdl.handle.net/10222/84374
  • Younging, G. (2018). Elements of indigenous style: A guide for writing by and about indigenous peoples. Brush Education Inc. 9781550597165.
  • Mejía, D. (2024, June 14). American Indian and Alaska Natives in Tribal Areas have among lowest rates of high-speed internet access. Census.gov. https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2024/06/broadband-access-tribal-areas.html
  • Showalter, E., Moghaddas, N., Vigil-Hayes, M., Zegura, E., & Belding, E. (2019). Indigenous Internet: Nuances of Native American Internet Use. Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development, 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1145/3287098.3287141

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