Talk:Golden Checkerboard

message: Certain portions of the article are, rather were, POV, unsourced, poorly cited. I have a copy of the book, as evidenced by the page numbers used that I am using for citations.  My overall goal is to produce a fair summary of the book, and to balance it with the news about the subsequent scandal uncovered by Ringwald 4 years after Golden Checkerboard was written.  At the same time, I hope to expand (some) on the "plight" (for lack of a better term) of the Agua Caliente Band before prosperity was achieved.
The original version of this article was critical about the tone of Ainsworth's work, and in some cases this is correct.  In one example, he uses the term "lackadaisical" to describe Agua Caliente solar and lunar observations (p. 63). The context was to compare their time keeping with "Anglo-Saxon and American standards of the Georgian calendar". At the same time, Ainsworth praises Indian medicine and other aspects of Indian life. Criticizing the tone of the book, which implicitly criticizes McCabe, will accomplish little.
Rather than emphasizing the poor treatment of Indians by fate, White settlers, BIA, etc. or giving Indians full and sole credit for their achievements, I hope the article will be encyclopedic in its' summary and be an interesting resource for those who wish to read further. The section questioning authorship is removed entirely: 1. We do not have easy access to McCabe's "unpublished" manuscript; and 2. Ainsworth quotes McCabe directly on page 107: "'It seemed to me then [1955] and it seems to me now ...,' said Judge McCabe as this book was written [emphasis added]." I think it's fair to assume that Ainsworth was interviewing McCabe.  Also, I expect the section about the scandal adversely impacting McCabe's career will go too. McCabe was later appointed to the California Court of Appeals.
Comments and assistance is welcome. --S. Rich (talk) 23:42, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
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