Talk:Seven fires prophecy

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[edit] Please expand

please give further suggestions on this topic. it is too stub. i think its an important section of Red indian mythology. please add your views to the talk page and expand the article.

nids 21:22, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Just a comment

It's sad to see this talk page start off on such a bad semantic foot.

Firstly, I agree that more should be added to this topic. Into the future, Algonquian tribes will be debating and clarifying this issue further, as many tribal leaders anticipate a crossroads of sorts, not only in tribal policy, but also in approach to the Fires Prophecies. I am almost astounded, let alone offended, that these traditions and events are termed figments of "Red indian mythology." I'm not sure if the poster is a native English speaker, but certainly a more tactful characterization was possible. As far as this being a relevant entry, as someone who has been involved first-hand with Algonquian culture and Midewiwin ceremony, I can assure the wikimunity that these dogmas embody one of the central debates among Native theologians today. I propose a removal of the tags placed on the page.

[edit] Notability

I do not dare to doubt that this subject is notable, since I am not a subject-matter expert. However, the article does not cite independent sources. This is required, however, for meeting the notability criteria of Wikipedia.

Please add independent reliable sources to the article. (The web sites given are not undoubtably independent, so they do not suffice.) These sources can be, but need not be, available online; you might as well cite books on Algonquian culture, or newspaper/magazine articles, or any other third-party publication where the subject is mentioned.

For the time being, I am removing the "importance" tag and replacing it with "notability".

Sorted as part of the Notability Wikiproject --B. Wolterding 18:08, 20 May 2007 (UTC)