[Talk-ca] First Nations reserve naming

[John Whelan]

There are the tribal government systems that are elected these in 
general are recognised by the Canadian Government but there are also 
those are traditional and often one person will take the lead for one 
thing and someone else for another.  For example fishing might have a 
particular leader whilst talking to government someone else will take 
the lead.  It can be difficult to navigate. There can also be conflicts 
of interest which are not at first apparent.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Aboriginal_syllabics

It takes some expertise to work in the languages but they do exist and I 
think should be respected.

Cheerio John



Clay Smalley wrote on 12/2/2022 2:23 PM:
> From the US, I've also been concerned with the renaming of 
> reservations to tribe names—an ethnic group is not an administrative 
> boundary. Most tribes use different words to describe their people, 
> their modern-day reservations, and their historical homelands. This 
> distinction should be reflected on OSM.
>
> On Fri, Dec 2, 2022 at 1:22 PM john whelan <jwhelan0112 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:jwhelan0112 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     But with whom do you consult?  There are more than 500,000 people
>     and that means lots of different opinions and there are also
>     different authorities.
>
>
> I've contacted tribal governments in the US before. They're usually 
> pretty responsive. Not sure how it is in Canada.
>
>     Then which language should you use?
>
>
> In my opinion: Indigenous language first if known. Other official 
> languages of whatever surrounding administrative entity they belong to 
> may be included too.
>
>     On first contact many had no written language so today a number
>     use a written language that looks remarkably like shorthand and
>     probably arose from the clergy writing down what was said.
>
>
> What is meant by this? The spelling systems that Indigenous groups use 
> today are well-documented and correspond to phonemes in their 
> respective languages. They're certainly suitable for display on 
> digital maps. That many of them were originally invented by settler 
> missionaries is irrelevant.
>
> -Clay

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