Talk:Beeliar people

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Why the re-direct to the Whadjuk nation?[edit]

Good morning!

I'm quite surprised that this entire wiki page has been shut and re-directed to the broader Whadjuk nation. My disclaimer is that although I am studying Indigenous Studies as my minor, I do not have a great deal of experience with this specific nation or its groups.

You can have distinguished groups under one language nation (I see there are at least four on the Whadjuk page)... so why not allow the Beeliar people/s (and the other three groups) have a separate page?

They all speak the language of the Whadjuk nation. Groups under the same language region ≠ the same customs or history. They speak the same language, but that doesn't mean that all the info on the selected group is going to be the same as the other existing groups.

One example is the Eora nation -- the language is Eora (or debatedly Dharag, but that's a separate discourse to discuss). However, there are many groups within that language region. Some of those groups (but not all, due to a lack of peoples' interest and availability to find separate source material) have their own wiki articles-- such as the Cadigal peoples.

It would be valuable to allow the wiki to have specific pages on individual Aboriginal groups, to provide greater detail and steer away from generalisations. HSIEteacher (talk) 01:49, 7 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]