User talk:GoPerelandra

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Happy editing! Uyvsdi (talk) 22:15, 5 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria[edit]

You are much more informed about the tribe than other editors on Wikipedia, so I would encourage you to simply edit the related articles as you see fit, which would at least steer them towards neutral ground. Cheers, -Uyvsdi (talk) 22:12, 5 January 2010 (UTC)Uyvsdi[reply]

Thank you for your input and recommendations. I am mindful of the rules on conflicts of interest so refrained from direct editing to this and the Greg Sarris biography. However, I will consider your advice and also the possibility of posting my recommended edits on my user talk page and providing other editors a direct link to that so that if they agree with all or most of the revision, they can make the change themselves.GoPerelandra (talk) 22:59, 5 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It would be a conflict if you were Greg Sarris, but not if you simply work with him. I edit my own tribe's article (I don't write how fabulously great we are... that's implied - ayee). As long as the information is neutral and can be validated, it works out. Cheers, -Uyvsdi (talk) 18:00, 6 January 2010 (UTC)Uyvsdi[reply]

Revisions to Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria[edit]

Here is what a revised article on the Tribe can look like -- much shorter than the existing version, but more in line with Wikipedia rules and pretty much consistent with articles of other federally recognized tribes in California. GoPerelandra (talk) 01:19, 6 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria

The Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria (“Tribe”) is a federally recognized American Indian tribe of Coast Miwok and Southern Pomo Indians.

Early history

Prior to European contact, the residents of Marin and Sonoma Counties were bands of native Californians belonging to two linguistic and cultural groups: the Coast Miwok and Southern Pomo, living in close proximity to each other and indigenous to Marin and southern Sonoma Counties in Northern California. Occupied at various times during more than thirty centuries, over 600 village sites have been identified in the Coast Miwok territory, stretching from Bodega Bay to the north, eastward beyond the towns of Cotati and Sonoma, and along the Point Reyes National Seashore and the shores of Tomales Bay. The year 1579 was the earliest recorded account made by the Europeans of the Coast Miwok people on the coast of Marin in the Point Reyes area, as documented in a diary by Chaplain Fletcher who was aboard Sir Frances Drake’s ship. During the Mission Period of 1779-1823, Mission San Francisco de Asís (also called "Mission Dolores"), Mission San Rafael Arcángel and Mission San Francisco Solano used Indians, including the Coast Miwok and Southern Pomo people, as a key source of labor. The territorial lands of the Southern Pomo are in Sonoma County, south of the Russian River to the southern Santa Rosa area. The Southern Pomo were the first inhabitants of what is now the town of Sebastopol, with several smaller traditional Southern Pomo villages located southeast of Sebastopol along the Laguna de Santa Rosa. California anthropologist Alfred L. Kroeber stated: Batiklechawi, at Sebastapol at the head of the slough known as Laguna de Santa Rosa, was an important town, and therefore presumably the headquarters of a division [of the Southern Pomo]. Another group tentatively may be inferred as having occupied the bulk of the shores of the laguna.

The Tribe Today

The Tribe was officially restored to federal recognition on December 27, 2000, pursuant to the Graton Rancheria Restoration Act. The Tribe has approximately 1,080 members and is governed by a seven-member Tribal Council who are elected to two-year terms by the adult tribal membership. The Tribe’s government offices are located in Rohnert Park, California. Tribal governmental programs and services include sacred sites preservation and protection, Indian housing, Indian education, membership, cultural arts, social services, and tribal health.

(can retain relevant resources, sources, internal and external links; and add ones that are needed but missing.) GoPerelandra (talk) 01:19, 6 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Greg Sarris & FIGR[edit]

Hiya -

I pushed another editor into retracting from the version that you can see here, but haven't taken the time to research to build a better article. WP rules don't forbid conflict of interest in editing - your concerns have been noted on the talk pages and editors such as myself and Uyvsdi will check the changes you make. It would be much better if you were to be WP:BOLD and make the changes directly. Vizjim (talk) 10:32, 6 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

PS, also remember the primary rule of Wikipedia - WP:IAR. Vizjim (talk) 10:33, 6 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Just salvaged your version of the article (I wouldn't worry about the message below) and tried to add neutral point-of-view information about the tribe with citations. -Uyvsdi (talk) 02:40, 7 January 2010 (UTC)Uyvsdi[reply]

Thank you so much. Your additional edits are also appreciated and pretty much consistent with what I've seen for other tribes on Wikipedia. Since the land in question has not yet been taken into trust, perhaps it would be appropriate to either delete reference to that matter or state that it is pending. The former is probably better since it is the subject of the pending court proceeding I mentioned earlier. Thanks again for helping to improve this article. GoPerelandra (talk) 17:34, 7 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If I may, here is my suggested edit: Replace the last sentence on the 254 acres with the following: "Plans to establish a new reservation on 254 acres of land near Rohnert Park in Sonoma County is currently in litigation." GoPerelandra (talk) 23:19, 7 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

January 2010[edit]

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