Talk:Plains Indians

message: why did you remove the thing about patrilineal tribes and marrying out? It's not like it's the only thing in here that's hard to source to WP standards. - CorbieV☊☼ 22:00, 15 May 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: It's an egregious overgeneralization, particularly in modern times - many halfblood children of native mothers are accepted as tribal members, certainly today and in the past as well.  There was far too much cultural variation between tribes to keep that one.  I felt that it was best not to tag-bomb the entire article, nor was it appropriate to blank everything that's uncited, but I made a bold call to remove the most ridiculous, stereotyped or overgeneralized comments.  Anything sourced properly can certainly be reinserted, but I'd want to be sure people say things like, "tradition X was practiced by the foo people, but not the foo2 people".  Just comparing tribes like the Kiowa, the Pawnee and the Sioux/Lakota, show dramatic differences in many family cultural mores.  Montanabw(talk) 16:23, 16 May 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: BQ-based enrollment is a separate issue from the traditional view. The former is more about the modern legal system, the latter has more to do with social and ceremonial issues in community. Maybe it's too complicated and unsourceable for WP. I can source it from two of the tribes, but maybe this just isn't the place. Especially when it's all we can do to explain that people aren't living year round in lodges and riding horses to work. - CorbieV☊☼ 18:33, 16 May 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, you are right that it's pretty complicated.  I would agree that two tribes does not a culture group make.  I know that the Blackfeet seemed to be pretty willing to do the opposite - accept white men as family members, even if not necessarily tribal ones.  Johnny Grant was a case in point.  Montanabw(talk) 06:12, 17 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cleanup - various 

message: i know a lot about them and can help. 74.102.70.139 (talk) 21:03, 8 December 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. – Thjarkur (talk) 21:14, 8 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 8 December 2019 

message: Woman wore knee-length, deerskin skirts and a poncho-like top was also worn with it. The men wore knee-length breechcloths which were decorated with shells and long fringes 75.135.119.145 (talk) 21:47, 10 December 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. — IVORK Talk 23:32, 10 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 10 December 2019 

message: I was discussing with editors on another talkpage about this article's title. And we were thinking of possibly moving it to "Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains and Canadian Prairies" and keeping Plains Indians as alternate title in the lead. Many pages about Indigenous peoples of the Americas have been updated to Indigenous people or Native American. In this case, they weren't American citizens so Indigenous peoples is better title. Thoughts? I didn't want to be too bold and move it without discussion.  oncamera  (talk page) 01:24, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: A name change of this nature has been discussed twice and rejected.  The consensus is that "Plains Indians" is the correct name for this article. Smallchief (talk) 20:53, 12 June 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Both changes mentioned were discussed seven years ago with very few votes. I wouldn't say that's a reason to not discuss a change today.  oncamera  (talk page) 06:46, 13 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Page move 

message: why do all links about the plains cree redirect here, not even to the article on cree people? is there a reason or is it just that there isn’t a page for the plains cree people (if yes, should one be made?) MishchaytWiki (talk) 01:46, 5 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  plains cree page needed?