Talk:Spokane (tribe)

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[edit] some changes

I added info to this article because it was pretty small. I just completed a report on the Spokanes so I thought I should contribute

[edit] Spokane language needs separate page

I just happened to be writing an article on Nicola, a BC-side Okanagan chief whose inherited name Hwistesmetxe'qen was of Spokane origin, and discovered there was no language article to directly link to; there is no "Spokane language" article; the link on Salishan languages also redirects here. Emerging standards in the Indigenous peoples Wikiproject call for separate ethno/history, language and government/organization articles, and separate community/band articles as well. Just mentioning this and I do happen to know of a Spokane language grad student at U.Vic so given appropriate politicking (need someone as middle ground given our mutual background, y'see) I'll see if he can be recruited to do a standard Wiki-style linguistics article at some point; doesn't seem many Interior Salish languages have separate write-ups from tribal articles; there's at least some for the Coast.Skookum1 22:34, 4 October 2006 (UTC)