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Name change?

This and First Nations mythology need a merge and a non-US-oriented title; as per my comments at Category talk:Native American mythology I think perhaps a workable title might be Mythology of the indigenous peoples of North America or Indigenous mythologies of North America....if the whole New World is intended, then "the Americas" could be substituted for "North America". "Native American" is a purely US usage, though many Americans don't see it that way and use it for indigenous peoples of the other countries of the Americas; "First Nations" is actually a politically-derived usage and therefore POV to start with; it happens that in Mexico indigenas/indigenos is the more common "polite" term (v. indios, which is in use but obviously its direct translation "Indians" isnt' popular north of the Rio Grande, not in P.C.-terms anyway (in my view anything P.C. is inherently POV but I'll leave that aside for now). "Indigenous" is the best term available, although "aboriginal" is out there too but apparently some people are less comfortable with it, maybe because of its negative associations in Australian English. I don't know how to make a merge template that includes a joint-renaming proposal so maybe someone here can come up with the right way to do this: Merge this article and First Nations mythology to a new joint-name that is irrespective of "white man's boundaries" and also maybe uses "mythologies" in the plural form since there is no one indigenous mythological system, huh? The problem extends into the ideas that many peoples span the border - the Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, Coast Salish, Interior Salish, Ktunaxa, most of the Plains peoples, the Iroquois and so on, so all their mythology articles ahve to have both the Native American mythology cat and the First Nations mythology cat.....Skookum1 (talk) 14:41, 7 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

My sense is that the casual reader is, rightly or wrongly, more likely to search on "Native American" than they are on "indigenous peoples of North America". That can presumably be addressed by an appropriate redirect, though. Assuming that is taken care of, the proposal makes sense to me. EastTN (talk) 15:59, 12 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Just a rider to that, that most casual American readers, yes....and a hatnote at Indian mythology (which would likely go to Hinduism or a related India-article most likely, I haven't looked) would also be necessary. Europeans and others might search for that, also American Indian mythology etc (so many variants...)....soem Canadains who are p.c. conscious might search for First Nations mythology but that, also, will be a redirect (upon merger of that article, if it exists, with this one). I"m still thinking that mythology-singular is inappropriate and that Mythologies of the indigenous peoples of North America or Indigenous mythologies of North America (plurals) are more appropriate, but I'll fly that by NorthAmNative's talkpage and by a few FN/NA contributors/editors I know of....the latter title may be problematic because it could coceivably contain "mythologies of non-indigenous peoples", i.e., Mormonism, the Solar Temple, etc (myhologies which are indigenous to North America aren't necessarily those of indigenous peoples in other words....though often involving them in some way, as with Mormonism...). I'll be back after posting a few notices about this here and there and we'll wait to see who else weighs in.....thanks for yoru replySkookum1 (talk) 16:51, 12 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well, it's been four years since I posted that finally decided to do something about it be being bold.. Now for the speedy CfD?Skookum1 (talk) 11:42, 19 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Wiki Education assignment: Introduction to Indigenous North America

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 30 September 2024 and 20 December 2024. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): ChristianC17 (article contribs).

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Wiki Education assignment: ENGL 165NJ Native Justice

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Addition to the Central American section

The Central American section has no body, only links to other articles. I want to add this summary:

Central America refers to the narrow area between North and South America, although the geographic outline of this region is arbitrary in the context of the indigenous tribes; many nations lived in and passed through this region. The religion in this area can be characterized by connection with the natural world, and many groups had positions such as priests and shamans to facilitate this relationship. The Aztec Empire also stretched south into this region.

Please let me know what you think about this addition. Thank you! 4Valletta (talk) 01:27, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]