Indigenous Writers Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

Suggested articles[edit]

The following list is inspired by Daniel Heath Justice's "A Year of #HonouringIndigenousWriters."^[1]

Below is a list of articles that would benefit from edits and expansion during the edit-a-thon. We have organized them according to the type of work needed.

Please sign your name in the "Volunteer" column next to a writer you are interested in or will be working on by writing your name in the empty "| " space underneath the author you have chosen. For Example:

Creating[edit]

Articles that involve creating require more "original thought" and effort. These articles may need to be created from scratch, or have already been created but are only a WP:Stub with no actual content. Other possible work might include re-writing content so that the article presents a WP:Neutral point of view. If you choose an author with a * next to their name, please talk with one of the volunteers.

Author	Work Needed	Volunteer
Aaron Paquette	Current article is a WP:Stub; Information is available about this author, check the Author Link page
Alistair Te Ariki Campbell	Current article is a WP:Stub
Anders Larsen	Current article is a WP:Stub
Anthony Apakark Thrasher	New article needs to be created
Armand Garnet Ruffo	Current article is a WP:Stub; Information needs citations from WP:Reliable sources; Needs reformatting
Asani Charles	New article needs to be created
Barbara Cameron	Current article is a WP:Stub; Category needs to be added
Bertrand Walker (Hen-Toh)	New article needs to be created
Beth Cuthand*	Current article is a WP:Stub
Bev Sellars	Current article is a WP:Stub
Blake Hausman	New article needs to be created
Brandy Nālani McDougall	New article needs to be created
Carole LaFavor	Current article is a WP:Stub; Information needs citations from WP:Reliable sources
Caroline Sinavaiana-Gabbard*	Current article is a WP:Stub
Catharine Brown (author)	New article needs to be created
Catherine Knutsson	New article needs to be created
Charles Gibson (author)	New article needs to be created
Charles Red Corn	New article needs to be created; Information is available about this author, check the Author Link page
Cheryl Savageau	Tone needs editing to be in a WP:Neutral Point of View
Chip Livingston	New article needs to be created
Chris Bose	New article needs to be created; Information is available about this author, check the Author Link page
Cinnamon (Spear) Kills First	New article needs to be created
Connie Fife	Current article is a WP:Stub; Information needs citations from WP:Reliable sources
D.L. Birchfield	New article needs to be created
David Groulx	New article needs to be created; Information is available about this author, check the Author Link page
DeWitt Clinton Duncan	New article needs to be created
Diane Burns	New article needs to be created
Doris Pilkington Garimara	Current article is a WP:Stub
Duane Niatum	Current article is too short; Information is available about this author, check the Author Link page
Elizabeth Woody	Tone needs editing to a more encyclopedic style and to be in a WP:Neutral point of view; Information is available about this author, check the Author Link page
Ella Cara Deloria	Tone needs editing to a more encyclopedic style and to be in a WP:Neutral point of view
Ellen van Neerven	Current article is a WP:Stub
Erika Wurth	New article needs to be created; Information is available about this author, check the Author Link page
Esther Belin	Current article is a WP:Stub; Information is available about this author, check the Author Link page
Garry Gottfriedson	New article needs to be created
Geary Hobson	Current article is too short; Information is available about this author, check the Author Link page
George Henry (Maungwudaus)	New article needs to be created
Glenn Twist	New article needs to be created
Gogisgi	Current article is a WP:Stub
Gordon Henry	Current article is a WP:Stub
Hans Aslak Guttorm	Current article is a WP:Stub
Harry Robinson (author)	New article needs to be created
Hendrick Aupaumut	Current article is a WP:Stub; Category needs to be added
Irvin Morris*	Current article is a WP:Stub
Jack Davis	Current article is a WP:Stub; Information is available about this author, check the Author Link page
James Thomas Stevens	Current article is a WP:Stub
Jean Starr (author)	New article needs to be created
John Milton Oskison	Current article is too short
Jordan Abel	Current article is a WP:Stub; Information is available about this author, check the Author Link page
Joseph Johnson (author)	New article needs to be created
Joseph Nicolar	New article needs to be created. He is mentioned in the article about his daughter (Lucy_Nicolar_Poolaw)
Jovette Marchessault	Current article is a WP:Stub; Category needs to be added
Juan Wallparrimachi	Current article is a WP:Stub
JudyLee Oliva	New article needs to be created. She is mentioned in the Te_Ata_Fisher article. Information is available about this author, check the Author Link page
Konai Helu Thaman	Current article is a WP:Stub; Information is available about this author, check the Author Link page
ku‘ualoha ho‘omanawanui	New article needs to be created
Kung Jaadee	New article needs to be created; Information is available about this author, check the Author Link page
Lara Mann	New article needs to be created; Information is available about this author, check the Author Link page
Laura Da’	New article needs to be created
Laura Tohe	Current article is a WP:Stub; Information is available about this author, check the Author Link page Lucas
Lee Francis IV	New article needs to be created
Leialoha Apo-Perkins	New article needs to be created
Lisa Bird-Wilson	New article needs to be created; Information is available about this author, check the Author Link page
Lisa Linn Kanae	New article needs to be created
Louis Oliver (poet)	Current article is a WP:Stub
M.L. Smoker	New article needs to be created
Maggie Culver Fry	Current article is a WP:Stub
Margaret Pokiak-Fenton	Current article is a WP:Stub; Her Talk page has suggestions for improvement
Margaret Noodin	Current article is a WP:Stub; Category needs to be added
Margaret Verble	New article needs to be created
Maris Bryant Pierce (Ha-dya-no-doh)	New article needs to be created
Mark Kalluak	New article needs to be created
Marvin Francis	New article needs to be created
Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk	Current article is a WP:Stub
Moses Manu, Jr.	New article needs to be created
Nathan Niigan Noodin Adler	New article needs to be created; Information is available about this author, check the Author Link page
Nicole Watson	New article needs to be created
Ofelia Zepeda	Current article is too short
Ora Eddleman Reed	New article needs to be created
Paul Seesequasis	Current article is too short
Penina Ava Taesali	New article needs to be created
Pita Nwana	New article needs to be created. Her book Omenuko has an article.
Richard Van Camp	Current article is too short
Robert Conley	Current article is a WP:Stub; Needs reformatting
Robert Sullivan	Current article is a WP:Stub
Royal Roger Eubanks	New article needs to be created
Ruby Slipperjack	Current article is too short
Sable Sweetgrass	New article needs to be created
Sandra Lynn Lynxleg	New article needs to be created
Sara Sue Hoklotubbe	New article needs to be created
Sequoyah Guess	New article needs to be created
Shane Belcourt	Current article is a WP:Stub
Stephen Graham Jones	Current article is a WP:Stub; Information is available about this author, check the Author Link page
Sue McPherson	New article needs to be created
Sy Hoahwah	New article needs to be created; Information is available about this author, check the Author Link page
Todd Downing (author)	New article needs to be created
Tommy Pico	Current article is too short
Traci Sorell	New article needs to be created; Information is available about this author, check the Author Link page
Victoria Kneubuhl*	New article needs to be created. She is mentioned in the article about her uncle John_Kneubuhl.
Wanda John-Kehewin	New article needs to be created
Warren Cariou	Current article is a WP:Stub; Information needs citations fromWP:Reliable sources; Needs reformatting; Category needs to be added; Prove WP:Notability
Wayne Arthurson	New article needs to be created
william bearheart	New article needs to be created
William S. Yellow Robe Jr.*	Current article is a WP:Stub
Yvonne Fly Onakeme Etaghene*	New article needs to be created; Information is available about this author, check the Author Link page

Revising[edit]

Articles that involve revising strengthen the content that has already been created. These articles may have been flagged by Wikipedia as having issues with WP:Notability or needing WP:Reliable sources which need to be addressed. Other possible work might include reformatting content so that the article is easier to navigate. If you choose an author with a * next to their name, please talk with one of the volunteers.

Author	Work Needed	Volunteer
Al Hunter (writer)	Prove WP:Notability; References need reformatting
Carol Lee Sanchez	Information needs citations from WP:Reliable sources; Needs reformatting
Chrystos	Information needs citations from WP:Reliable sources; Information is available about this author, check the Author Link page
Daniel David Moses	Information needs citations from WP:Reliable sources
David Cusick	Information needs citations from WP:Reliable sources
Deborah Miranda*	Information needs citations from WP:Reliable sources
Fernando de Alva Cortés Ixtlilxóchitl	Information needs citations from WP:Reliable sources
Herb Wharton	Information needs citations from WP:Reliable sources
Louis Owens	Information needs citations from WP:Reliable sources; Needs reformatting
Margo Kane	Information needs citations from WP:Reliable sources
Philip McLaren	Prove WP:Notability; Information needs citations from WP:Reliable sources
Ray Young Bear*	Information needs citations from WP:Reliable sources; Needs reformatting
Sarah Biscarra-Dilley	Information needs citations from WP:Reliable sources; Needs reformatting; Information is available about this author, check the Author Link page
Will Rogers	Information needs citations from WP:Reliable sources

Below is a list of articles that would benefit from edits and expansion. All of the writers on this list have consented to this work being done as per our event policy. We have organized them according to the type of work needed and listed a few suggestions for improvement. Authors with existing articles might have suggestions for improvement in their Talk pages. If the article hasn't been created yet (indicated by a red link), check out the Start Your Research page to see if there is any information there that can get you started.

Creating[edit]

Articles that involve creating require more "original thought" and effort. These articles may need to be created from scratch, or have already been created but are only a WP:Stub with no actual content. Other possible work might include re-writing content so that the article presents a WP:Neutral point of view.

Author	Work Needed
Aaron Paquette	Current article is a WP:Stub; Check Talk:Aaron Paquette for editing suggestions
Alexis Wright	Current article is too short; Check Talk:Alexis Wright for editing suggestions
Alistair Campbell (poet)	Current article is a WP:Stub; Check Talk:Alistair Campbell (poet) for potential sources
Alootook Ipellie	Current article is a WP:Stub; Needs reformatting
Anders Larsen	Current article is a WP:Stub
Anthony Apakark Thrasher	New article needs to be created
Armand Garnet Ruffo	Current article is a WP:Stub; Information needs citations from WP:Reliable sources; Needs reformatting
Asani Charles	New article needs to be created
Barbara Anne Cameron	Current article is a WP:Stub; Category needs to be added
Bernard Assiniwi	Current article is a WP:Stub; Information needs citations from WP:Reliable sources; Needs reformatting; Check Talk:Bernard Assiniwi for potential sources
Bertrand Walker (Hen-Toh)	New article needs to be created
Beth Cuthand	Current article is a WP:Stub; Author wants to preview a draft version before it is published
Bev Sellars	Current article is a WP:Stub
Bevann Fox	New article needs to be created
Blake Hausman	New article needs to be created
Bob Joseph	Current article is somewhat short; Formatting
Brandy Nālani McDougall	New article needs to be created
Carole LaFavor	Current article is a WP:Stub; Information needs citations from WP:Reliable sources; Check Talk:Carole LaFavor for potential sources
Caroline Sinavaiana-Gabbard	Current article is a WP:Stub; Author wants to preview a draft version before it is published
Catharine Brown (author)	New article needs to be created
Catherine Knutsson	New article needs to be created
Charles Gibson (author)	New article needs to be created
Charles Red Corn	New article needs to be created
Chelsea Vowel	Current article is a WP:Stub; Check Talk:Chelsea Vowel for editing suggestions
Cheryl Savageau	Tone needs editing to be in a WP:Neutral Point of View
Chip Livingston	New article needs to be created
Chris Bose	New article needs to be created
Cinnamon (Spear) Kills First	New article needs to be created
Connie Fife	Current article is a WP:Stub; Information needs citations from WP:Reliable sources
Craig Womack	Current article is a WP:Stub
D.L. Birchfield	New article needs to be created
Darrel J. McLeod	Current article is a WP:Stub
David Eggleton	Current article is too short; Categories need to be added; Check Talk:David Eggleton for editing suggestions
David Groulx	New article needs to be created
Debra Magpie Earling	Current article is too short; Categories need to be added.
DeWitt Clinton Duncan	New article needs to be created
Diane Burns	New article needs to be created
Doris Pilkington Garimara	Current article is a WP:Stub
Duane Niatum	Current article is too short
Elizabeth Woody	Tone needs editing to a more encyclopedic style and to be in a WP:Neutral point of view; Check Talk:Elizabeth Woody for potential sources
Ella Cara Deloria	Tone needs editing to a more encyclopedic style and to be in a WP:Neutral point of view
Ellen van Neerven	Current article is a WP:Stub
Emma LaRocque	Current article is a WP:Stub
Erika Wurth	New article needs to be created
Ernestine Hayes	Current article is too short; Check Talk:Ernestine Hayes for editing suggestions
Esther Belin	Current article is a WP:Stub
Garry Gottfriedson	New article needs to be created
Geary Hobson	Current article is too short
George Henry (Maungwudaus)	New article needs to be created
Gerry William	New article needs to be created
Glenn Twist	New article needs to be created
Gogisgi	Current article is a WP:Stub
Gordon Henry	Current article is a WP:Stub
Gwen Benaway	Current article is too short
Hans Aslak Guttorm	Current article is a WP:Stub
Harry Robinson (author)	New article needs to be created
Helen Knott	Current article is too short
Hendrick Aupaumut	Current article is a WP:Stub; Category needs to be added
Irvin Morris	Current article is a WP:Stub
James Thomas Stevens	Current article is a WP:Stub
Jean Starr (author)	New article needs to be created
Jeannette Armstrong	Tone needs editing to be in a WP:Neutral point of view
John Milton Oskison	Current article is too short
Jónína Kirton	New article needs to be created
Jordan Abel	Current article is a WP:Stub; Check Talk:Jordan Abel for potential sources
Joseph Johnson (author)	New article needs to be created
Joseph Nicolar	New article needs to be created. He is mentioned in the article about his daughter (Lucy_Nicolar_Poolaw)
Joshua Whitehead	Current article is too short
Jovette Marchessault	Current article is a WP:Stub; Category needs to be added
Juan Wallparrimachi	Current article is a WP:Stub
JudyLee Oliva	New article needs to be created. She is mentioned in the Te_Ata_Fisher article.
Jules Koostachin	New article needs to be created
June Scudeler	New article needs to be created
Justin Neal	New artcle needs to be created
Kim Senklip Harvey	New article needs to be created
Kevin Loring	Current article is a WP:Stub
Konai Helu Thaman	Current article is a WP:Stub
ku‘ualoha ho‘omanawanui	New article needs to be created
Kung Jaadee	Current article is somewhat short; Categories need to be added; Check Talk:Kung Jaadee for editing and resourcesuggestions
Lara Mann	New article needs to be created
Laura Da’	New article needs to be created
Laura Tohe	Current article is a WP:Stub; Check Talk:Laura Tohe for editing suggestions
Lee Francis IV	New article needs to be created
Leialoha Apo-Perkins	New article needs to be created
Lisa Bird-Wilson	New article needs to be created; Check Talk:Lisa Bird-Wilson for potential sources
Lisa Linn Kanae	New article needs to be created
Louis Oliver (poet)	Current article is a WP:Stub
Mini Aodla Freeman	Current article is a WP:Stub; Check Talk:Mini Aodla Freeman for potential sources; Author wants to preview a draft version before it is published (email [email protected]).
M.L. Smoker	New article needs to be created
Maggie Culver Fry	Current article is a WP:Stub
Marcie Rendon	New article needs to be created
Margaret Pokiak-Fenton	Current article is a WP:Stub; Check Talk:Margaret_Pokiak-Fenton for improvement suggestions
Margaret Noodin	Current article is a WP:Stub; Category needs to be added; Check Talk:Margaret_Noodin for improvement suggestions
Margaret Verble	New article needs to be created
Maris Bryant Pierce (Ha-dya-no-doh)	New article needs to be created
Mark Kalluak	New article needs to be created
Marvin Francis	New article needs to be created
Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas	Current article is too short; Check Talk:Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas for improvement suggestions
Michelle Good	Current article is a WP:Stub
Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk	Current article is a WP:Stub
Molly S. McGlennen	New page has been accepted.
Moses Manu, Jr.	New article needs to be created
Nathan Niigan Noodin Adler	New article needs to be created;
Nicole Watson	New article needs to be created
Ofelia Zepeda	Current article is too short
Ora Eddleman Reed	New article needs to be created
Paul Seesequasis	Current article is too short
Penina Ava Taesali	New article needs to be created
Pita Nwana	New article needs to be created. Her book Omenuko has an article.
Richard Van Camp	Current article is too short
Rita Bouvier	Current article is a WP:Stub; Check Talk:Rita Bouvier for improvement suggestions
Robert Conley	Current article is a WP:Stub; Needs reformatting
Robert Sullivan (poet)	Current article is a WP:Stub
Roxy Gordon	Current article is a WP:Stub
Royal Roger Eubanks	New article needs to be created
Ruby Slipperjack	Current article is too short
Sable Sweetgrass	New article needs to be created
Sandra Lynn Lynxleg	New article needs to be created
Sara Sue Hoklotubbe	New article needs to be created
Sequoyah Guess	New article needs to be created
Shane Belcourt	Current article is a WP:Stub
Stephen Graham Jones	Current article is a WP:Stub; Check Talk:Stephen Graham Jones for improvement suggestions
Sue McPherson	New article needs to be created
Sy Hoahwah	New article needs to be created
Tanaya Winder	Current article is too short
Tim Giago	Current article is a WP:Stub
Todd Downing (author)	New article needs to be created
Tommy Pico	Current article is too short
Traci Sorell	New article needs to be created
Tunchai Redvers	New article needs to be created
Victoria Kneubuhl	New article needs to be created. She is mentioned in the article about her uncle John_Kneubuhl; Author wants to preview a draft version before it is published.
Wanda John-Kehewin	New article needs to be created
Warren Cariou	Current article is a WP:Stub; Information needs citations fromWP:Reliable sources; Needs reformatting; Category needs to be added; Prove WP:Notability
Waubgeshig Rice	Current article is a WP:Stub
Wayne Arthurson	New article needs to be created
william bearheart	New article needs to be created
William S. Yellow Robe Jr.	Current article is a WP:Stub; Author wants to preview a draft version before it is published.
Yvonne Fly Onakeme Etaghene	New article needs to be created; Author wants to preview a draft version before it is published.

Revising[edit]

Articles that involve revising strengthen the content that has already been created. These articles may have been flagged by Wikipedia as having issues with WP:Notability or needing WP:Reliable sources which need to be addressed. Other possible work might include reformatting content so that the article is easier to navigate.

Author	Work Needed
Al Hunter (writer)	Prove WP:Notability; References need reformatting
Allison Hedge Coke	Information needs citations from WP:Reliable sources
Carol Lee Sanchez	Information needs citations from WP:Reliable sources; Needs reformatting
Chrystos	Information needs citations from WP:Reliable sources; Check Talk:Chrystos for editing suggestions
Daniel David Moses	Information needs citations from WP:Reliable sources; Check Talk:Daniel David Moses for editing suggestions
David Cusick	Information needs citations from WP:Reliable sources; Check Talk:David Cusick for editing suggestions
Deborah Miranda	Information needs citations from WP:Reliable sources; Author wants to preview a draft version before it is published.
Fernando de Alva Cortés Ixtlilxóchitl	Information needs citations from WP:Reliable sources
Herb Wharton	Information needs citations from WP:Reliable sources
Janet Rogers	Needs reformatting
Larry Loyie	Information needs to be linked to other Wikipedia articles
Louis Owens	Information needs citations from WP:Reliable sources; Needs reformatting
Luther Standing Bear	Overly long quotations;
Marilyn Dumont	General adding; Author wants to preview a draft version before it is published.
Margo Kane	Information needs citations from WP:Reliable sources
Philip McLaren	Prove WP:Notability; Information needs citations from WP:Reliable sources
Ray Young Bear	Information needs citations from WP:Reliable sources; Needs reformatting; Author wants to preview a draft version before it is published.
Sarah Biscarra-Dilley	Information needs citations from WP:Reliable sources; Needs reformatting; Check Talk:Sarah Biscarra-Dilley for editing suggestions
Will Rogers	Information needs citations from WP:Reliable sources

Authors to Add[edit]

The above authors have been contacted for permission to edit their articles. If you think there's an author that's not on this list who you think should be part of this event, please add their name to the table below, as well as any work that might be needed on their Wikipedia article, and the HIW team will work on gaining their consent to be included. To link to their article, put their name in double brackets ([[]])

Author	Work Needed
Name of Author	Work that needs to be done
David Robertson (writer)	Infobox could be added, more information about recent works
Joan Kane	Infobox could be expanded, information about inclusion in U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo's project, 'Living Nations, Living Words'.
dg nanouk okpik (poet)	Create article.
Nora Marks Dauenhauer	Expand Life section with biographical content from source=Sealaska Heritage Institute Finding Aid for Dauenhauer Tlingit Oral Literature Collection, 1899-1999 and information related to 2020 IMLS grant to preserve papers of Dauenhauer estate. Add Sealaska Heritage Institute materials to External Links.
Zitkala-Ša (musician, writer)	Update links to publications, sources in WikiSource do not resolve. Full text of American Indian Stories is available from University of Pennsylvania Libraries' "A Celebration of Women Writers" project.
When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through (Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry)	Mine the Table of Contents for unrepresented authors would be a great project. TOC can be viewed via Google Preview.

Wikipedia Categories[edit]

Here are some lists of different Wikipedia Indigenous writing categories that you can link to your articles. They are organized according to the form or genre that the author writes in.

Children's[edit]

Fantasy[edit]

Language-specific[edit]

Literature[edit]

Non-fiction[edit]

Novelists[edit]

Poets[edit]

Short Story Writers[edit]

Miscellaneous[edit]

References[edit]

^ Justice, Daniel Heath (2018). Why Indigenous Literatures Matter. Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. p. Appendix A. ISBN 1771121785.

[1] Justice, Daniel Heath (2018). Why Indigenous Literatures Matter. Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. p. Appendix A. ISBN 1771121785.

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