Talk:Kanaka
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[edit] issue with description of item
Hi. I'm a little concerend by:
- a general term for Polynesian peoples, especially those used as laborers or indentured servants by the British Empire
Straightforward enough, but given the overall tone of the target article, which IMO needs to be split between the Oceanic context the North American one, this seems a little negative in description; Kanakas were not held in disregard in North America, rather the contrary. Maybe "used as indentured servants by the British Empire and hired as labourers by the Hudson's Bay Company" is a little more precise and doesn't "taint" the HBC legacy re Kanakas by association with the slave-labour menaing in the South Pacific. Again, the language is straightforward enough, I just think it has to be tweaked.Skookum1 (talk) 15:45, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Kanaka placenames in California
I've already added the BC names, what ones there are articles for anyway. There are others in the Pacific Northwest states that may eventually qualify for articles; I just happened to find the following list of Californian Kanaka placenames so am posting it here for reference/research purposes; at least one Kanaka Creek (California) is a notable gold rush creek so likely should have an article; which one it is I'm not certain; it's what gave birth to Alleghany, California - ah, the one in Sierra County, it seems. I've redlinked things that seem like they will have history articles, there may be others of note (source was here:
Placename | Type | County or Region |
Latitude DMS | Longitude DMS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Kanaka Bar | Bar | Butte | 39 36 02 N | 121 19 04 W |
Kanaka Bar | Bar | Siskiyou | 41 51 54 N | 122 43 37 W |
Kanaka Cemetery | Cemetery | Siskiyou | 41 51 50 N | 122 43 24 W |
Kanaka Creek | Stream | Butte | 39 56 34 N | 121 34 35 W |
Kanaka Creek | Stream | Butte | 39 35 59 N | 121 18 49 W |
Kanaka Creek | Stream | Shasta | 40 32 30 N | 122 32 00 W |
Kanaka Creek | Stream | Sierra | 39 25 11 N | 120 56 35 W |
Kanaka Creek | Stream | Siskiyou | 41 44 41 N | 123 24 01 W |
Kanaka Creek | Stream | Tuolumne | 37 50 40 N | 120 21 27 W |
Kanaka Cutoff | Canal | Yolo | 38 46 03 N | 121 38 18 W |
Kanaka Flat | Flat | San Diego | 33 06 24 N | 116 37 02 W |
Kanaka Glade | Flat | Lake | 39 12 26 N | 122 34 48 W |
Kanaka Gulch | Valley | Amador | 38 25 18 N | 120 48 51 W |
Kanaka Gulch | Valley | El Dorado | 38 59 47 N | 120 47 57 W |
Kanaka Gulch | Valley | Siskiyou | 41 17 59 N | 123 13 17 W |
Kanaka Hill Mine | Mine | Siskiyou | 41 44 37 N | 123 24 01 W |
Kanaka Mine | Mine | Tuolumne | 37 52 13 N | 120 09 42 W |
Kanaka Peak (Butte County) | Summit | Butte | 39 34 57 N | 121 18 16 W |
Kanaka Peak (Shasta County) | Summit | Shasta | 40 33 42 N | 122 33 18 W |
Which like other placenames like Owyhee River underscore why I think there needs to be Kanaka (Oceania) and Kanaka (North America instead of the current Kanakas.Skookum1 (talk) 04:26, 3 June 2008 (UTC)