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My interest here is to provide better coverage of indigenous art of the Americas, but I have devoted time to filling in gaps in coverage of current tribes and contemporary Native issues. I've added more images of living Native Americans on wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons. I've tried to write about California and Great Basin tribes as well.

Useful link: Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Indigenous peoples of the Americas articles by quality log

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Articles created

Art pages created

• List of indigenous artists of the Americas
• Timeline of Native American art history
• Photography by indigenous peoples of the Americas
• Textile arts of indigenous peoples of the Americas

Art forms and styles

• Bacone school
• Chilkat weaving
• Dush-toh
• Ledger art
• Plains hide painting
• Ribbon work
• Shell gorget
• Turkey dance
• Zemi

Articles created about artists

Articles created about artists

Richard Aitson Elsie Allen Marcus Amerman Annie Antone Spencer Asah James Auchiah Martha Berry (artist) Santos Chávez Chafil Cheucarama Kelly Church Amanda Crowe Dennis Cusick Bonnie Devine‎ Juanita Growing Thunder Fogarty Teri Greeves Benjamin Haldane Benjamin Harjo, Jr. Jack Hokeah Terrol Dew Johnson Ruthe Blalock Jones Klah Tso Moscelyne Larkin James Lavadour Linda Lomahaftewa James Luna Barbara McAlister (opera singer) Gerald McMaster Stephen Mopope Shelley Niro Sanford Plummer Basilio Santa Cruz Pumacallao Jereldine Redcorn Lois Smoky Moses Stranger Horse Carl Sweezy Monroe Tsatoke Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie W. Richard West, Sr. Richard Ray Whitman Alejandro Mario Yllanes Alfred Young Man

Articles created about tribes

Articles created about tribes

Achagua people Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians Aikanã Akurio people Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town Anambé Andaqui people Apinajé Arara people Araweté people Aroostook Band of Micmac Atikum people Barona Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria Bidai Big Pine Band of Owens Valley Paiute Shoshone Indians Bridgeport Paiute Indian Colony Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California Burns Paiute Tribe Cabazon Band of Mission Indians Cacaopera people Cahinnio Cahuilla Band of Mission Indians California Valley Miwok Tribe Calima culture Cauca culture Cayuga Nation of New York Cedarville Rancheria Chácobo Chamacoco Chemehuevi Indian Tribe of the Chemehuevi Reservation Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California Cloverdale Rancheria Cold Springs Rancheria Colusa Indian Community Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation Cowlitz Indian Tribe Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana Delaware Tribe of Indians Dry Creek Rancheria Duckwater Shoshone Tribe Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma Ese Ejja people Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay Indians Eyeish Fort Bidwell Indian Community Fort Independence Indian Community of Paiute Indians Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes of the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation Fort Sill Apache Tribe Greenlandic Inuit people Greenville Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California Grindstone Indian Rancheria of Wintun-Wailaki Indians Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin Hopland Band of Pomo Indians Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel Inaja Band of Diegueno Mission Indians Ione Band of Miwok Indians of California Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma Jamul Indian Village Kalispel Indian Community of the Kalispel Reservation Karajá Karuk Tribe Kashia Band of Pomo Indians Kaxinawá people Kialegee Tribal Town Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma Koi Nation Kolla people Kootenai Tribe of Idaho Kucadikadi La Posta Band of Diegueno Mission Indians Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians Lemhi Shoshone Likely Rancheria Lookout Rancheria Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians Lovelock Paiute Tribe Manchester Band of Pomo Indians Manzanita Band of Diegueno Mission Indians Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians Mesa Grande Band of Diegueno Mission Indians Miami Tribe of Oklahoma Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma Montgomery Creek Rancheria Mooretown Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California Morongo Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians Muscogee (Creek) Nation Nabiti Nacono Nadaco Nasoni Naukan people Nechaui Neche tribe Nisqually Indian Tribe of the Nisqually Reservation Nivaclé people Northern Shoshone Northfork Rancheria of Mono Indians Northwestern Band of Shoshoni Nation Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma Ouachita tribe Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Bishop Community Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Lone Pine Community Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and Colony Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians Pauma Band of Luiseno Mission Indians Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians Pinoleville Pomo Nation Pit River Tribe Plum Bayou culture Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma Ponca Tribe of Nebraska Port Gamble Band of S’Klallam Indians Potter Valley Tribe Quinault Indian Nation Ramona Band of Cahuilla Indians Robinson Rancheria of Pomo Indians Roaring Creek Rancheria Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa Samish Indian Tribe San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona San Manuel Band of Serrano Mission Indians of the San Manuel Reservation San Pasqual Band of Diegueno Mission Indians Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation Santiam people Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians Seminole Nation of Oklahoma Shawnee Tribe Sherwood Valley Rancheria of Pomo Indians Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians Skokomish Indian Tribe Smith River Rancheria Snoqualmie people Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians of Washington Summit Lake Paiute Tribe of Nevada Susanville Indian Rancheria Swinomish Indians of the Swinomish Reservation of Washington Table Mountain Rancheria Tampa Indian Reservation Tejon Indian Tribe of California Tembé people Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians Thlopthlocco Tribal Town Tukudeka Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians Tule River Indian Tribe Tula tribe Tunumiit Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau Utu Utu Gwaitu Paiute Tribe Viejas Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians Waco tribe Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head Wasco-Wishram Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska Winnemucca Indian Colony Witoto people XL Ranch Yerington Paiute Tribe Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation Yomba Shoshone Tribe Yuqui people Zuruahã people

Other pages created

• Bank of Greenland
• Brunca Region
• Cahuilla language
• Caverna da Pedra Pintada
• Cherokee Male Seminary
• Cole culture
• College of the Muscogee Nation
• Comanche Nation College
• Dallas Phase
• Diné College Press
• 11th millennium BCE in North American history
• Garden Creek site
• Gregory Cajete
• Handbook of South American Indians
• Harjo et al v. Pro Football, Inc.
• Indigenous peoples in Guyana
• Indigenous peoples in Paraguay
• Indigenous peoples of California
• Indigenous peoples of Panama
• Isabel Meadows
• Hugo Jamioy Juagibioy
• Kangeq
• Native American Rights Fund
• Pintag, Ecuador
• Sinte Gleska University
• Redbird Smith
• Sofie Petersen
• Wayampi language
• White Eagle, Oklahoma
• John Wilson (Caddo)
• Wichí languages
• Zo'é language

Templates created

• Template:Caddo
• Template:Choctaw
• Template:Muscogee
• Template:Native American Tribes in Oklahoma
• Template:Seminole

To do

• Dabsolver
• User:Uyvsdi/Flatstyle art
• User:Uyvsdi/Kiowa art
• User:Uyvsdi/Literature of indigenous peoples of the Americas
• Andean textiles
• Aron of Kangeq
• Bertha Felix Campligli, Miwok, 1882–1949
• Shonto Begay, Navajo, b. 1954
• David Bradley, Ojibwe, b. 1954
• Jennie Ross Cobb, Cherokee, 1882–1953
• Shan Goshorn, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
• Elizabeth Hickox, Wiyot, 1872–1947
• Joe Hilario Herrera (See Ru), Cochiti Pueblo, 1923–2001
• Delbridge Honanie, Hopi
• Clarissa Hudson, Tlingit
• Iroquois Realist School
• Antonio Ixtamer, Tz'utuhil Maya, Guatemala, b. 1968
• Rita Latendre, Abenaki-Métis, b. 1928
• Carm Little Turtle, Apache-Tarahumara-Mexican
• Crescencio Martinez, San Ildefonso Pueblo, 1879–1918
• Santana Roybal Martinez, San Ildefonso Pueblo
• Tony Martinez (Popovi Da), son of Maria Martinez
• Grace Medicine Flower (Wopovi Poviwah), Santa Clara Pueblo
• Annabelle Sixkiller Mitchell, Cherokee
• Florence Nupok Malewoktuk, Yup'ik, Siberia, 1905/6-1971
• Doc Tate Nevaquaya, Comanche, 1932–1996
• Ed Archie Noisecat, Canim Lake Band of Shuswap Indians-Stlitlimx, b. 1959
• Tonita Peña (Quah Ah), San Ildefonso Pueblo
• Alfonso Roybal (Awa Tsireh), San Ildefonso Pueblo, 1898–1955
• Judith Lowry (artist)
• Kiowa art
• Lloyd Kiva New
• MacFarlane Plaques
• Pearl Sunrise, Navajo
• Gerald Tailfeathers, Kainai Nation, 1925–1975
• Victor Vasquez Temó, Tz'utuhil Maya, Guatemala, b. 1968
• Houston Teehee
• Benjamin Jacanamijoy Tisoy, Inga, Colombia
• Zacharie Vincent, Huron, 1812–1888
• Indigenous painting of the Americas
• Tsetseg Chigkim Juwau, Awajún potter
• Irma Luz Poma Canchumani, Quechua gourd artist
• Rember Yahuarcani Lopez, Witoto painter, illustrator

Proposals

• 18 Feb 2012: Mashco-Piro -> Mashco-Piro people
• 20 Feb 2012: Wankas -> Huanca people
• 8 March 2012: merge Maya clothing -> Maya textiles
• 13 March 2012: Basketmaker (culture) -> Basketmaker culture
• 13 March 2012: Pehuenches -> Pehuenche people
• 23 April 2012: Creek language -> Muscogee language
• 29 May 2012: Kuksu (religion) -> Kuksu religion
• 16 July 2012: merge Mishipeshu -> Underwater panther
• 16 July 2012: List of Native American leaders -> List of Native American leaders of the Indian Wars
• 12 Aug 2012: Piscataway tribe -> Piscataway people
• 9 Sept 2012: proposed deletion of Chaloklowa Chickasaw
• 6 Oct 2012: Muskhogean stock -> Muscogee people
• 28 July 2013: Pend d'Oreilles tribe -> Kalispel people
• 20 Sept 2013: Nisqually Indian Community, Washington -> Nisqually Reservation
• 24 Nov 2013: Moche (culture) -> Moche culture
• 6 Dec 2013: Guaymí people -> Ngäbe people
• 29 Dec 2013: Sioux Tribe of Minnesota -> Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community
• 4 Jan 2014: Mapuche silver finery -> Mapuche silverwork
• 19 Jan 2014: Hopi Kachina dolls -> Hopi Kachina figures
• 17 Feb 2014: Merge Saura -> Cheraw people
• 18 Feb 2014: Merge Smith River Reservation -> Smith River Rancheria
• 11 May 2014: Afemai -> Afemai people

DYK articles

DYK articles created

A fact from Uyvsdi appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 3 March 2009, and was viewed approximately 1,209 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that even though the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma only has 519 members, they created the first and only eagle rehabilitation center in Oklahoma? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2009/March. Wikipedia A fact from Uyvsdi appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 4 March 2009, and was viewed approximately 2,514 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that the Augustine Band of Cahuilla Indians is the smallest Indian tribe in the U.S., with only eight members? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2009/March. Wikipedia A fact from Uyvsdi appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 25 March 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that Chilkat weaving, a traditional technique of indigenous peoples of Alaska and British Columbia, is so complex that it may take a year to weave a blanket? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2009/March. Wikipedia A fact from Uyvsdi appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 28 April 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that by the end of the 18th century, Native American women were decorating cloth with intricate ribbon work appliqué using French silk ribbon? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2009/April. Wikipedia A fact from Uyvsdi appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 May 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that critically-acclaimed Bolivian Aymara painter, Alejandro Mario Yllanes, disappeared from New York after winning, but not claiming, the Guggenheim fellowship in 1946? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2009/May. Wikipedia A fact from Uyvsdi appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 30 June 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that Cherokee Chief J. B. Milam funded an expedition to Mexico in 1939 to find the grave of Sequoyah, the inventor of the Cherokee writing system? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2009/June. Wikipedia A fact from Uyvsdi appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 24 July 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that the artwork of full-blood Tsimshian photographer Benjamin Haldane has enjoyed a revival after his glass plate negatives were discovered in an Alaskan dump? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2009/July. Wikipedia A fact from Uyvsdi appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 14 September 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that the city of Anadarko in the U.S. state of Oklahoma is named for the Nadaco, a Native American tribe from Texas? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2009/September. Wikipedia A fact from Uyvsdi appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 24 September 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that among the Taíno people of the Caribbean, a zemi is a spirit or a sculpture representing the spirit? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2009/September. Wikipedia A fact from Uyvsdi appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 17 November 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that Lutheran priest Henrik Lund wrote Greenland's nation anthem, Nunarput utoqqarsuanngoravit, in the indigenous Greenlandic language? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2009/November. Wikipedia A fact from Uyvsdi appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 26 November 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that Plains Cree-Blackfoot artist and author Gerald McMaster says Hopalong Cassidy and the Lone Ranger were inspirations for his art? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2009/November. Wikipedia A fact from Uyvsdi appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 16 February 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that in traditional Plains hide painting, Native American women painted abstract, geometric designs while men painted representational, narrative images? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2010/February. Wikipedia A fact from Uyvsdi appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 11 September 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that the Kucadikadi are a band of Northern Paiute Native Americans, whose names translates to "brine fly eaters"? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2010/September. Wikipedia A fact from Uyvsdi appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 8 November 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that brewing beer from glacial water is only one of the many unique features of Greenlandic cuisine? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2010/November. Wikipedia

Barnstars

		The Society Barnstar
		Awarded to Uyvsdi for extensive contributions to Native American art related articles Buzzzsherman (talk) 04:58, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

		The Danish Barnstar of National Merit
		Thanks for help on pages about Greenland. - User:Spongie555, 28 May 2010
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User:Uyvsdi has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian, and therefore, I've officially declared today as Uyvsdi's day! For being such a beautiful person and great Wikipedian, enjoy being the Star of the day, dear Uyvsdi! Peace, Rlevse 00:20, 30 August 2010 (UTC) A record of your Day will always be kept here.

		The Editor's Barnstar
		I noticed that your edits dealing with indigenous peoples related articles were impressive and so I've decided to award you this WikiProject Indigenous peoples of North America Editor's Barnstar! .... Moxy (talk) 05:42, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

	The Original Barnstar
	Just came from the excellent discussion on defining indigenous identity at the Indigenous Peoples of North America WikiProject. Your contributions stand out even within a generally helpful, incisive conversation. Many thanks. ℜob C. alias ÀLAROB 18:46, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar

I just saw your conversation with Montanabw about all of the tribes now having articles, along with your post to the Indigenous people of NA talk page. This is absolutely amazing work, and your tireless focus on an under-represented area of WP is exactly what the wiki needs more of. I know we've never worked together before, but I wanted to let you know that your work is appreciated (and that contributors who don't create drama are rarely noticed as much as they should be...although that may be a good thing...)! Dana boomer (talk) 16:06, 6 October 2013 (UTC)

		All-Around Amazing Barnstar
		What wonderful ideas you have. Thank you for your significant formatting and updates to Waano-Gano's page, thus making the article so much more readable and usable. You provide insightful, honorable, significant, and enlightening contributions for all to learn more about native people. Tikihouse (talk) 21:56, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

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