Talk:Tsawwassen First Nation

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[edit] re map

The map just placed in the infobox by User:Organiemensch is problematic; it shows the territorial claim of the Tsawwassen FN, which because of family relations and usage areas overlaps heavily with several other territories, major ones, e.g. the Cowichan and Gulf Islands area, the Lakahahmen-Matsqui-Kwantlen-Katzie-Tsleil-waututh-Musqueam territories; this shows in the closeup only, and the location of the IR is barely visible until you go to the full-full size image; better that the map be just the closeup, with more emphasis on the IR's location, and with a "territorial claim" or some such wording. I'd ask Organiemensch to revise the map, but I had a look at his user page and he's only got En-1 as his English rating, basic English only, so communications with him are hard (he appears to have a home in German Wikipedia, and most of these articles are mirrored there no doubt).Skookum1 (talk) 15:57, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

I'm not sure what to do in this instance. All the nations need maps. The provincial government tends to make fairly usable ones for the treaty negotiation webpages, I don't suppose we could get permission to use those? Vagary (talk) 18:05, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

They can esily be linked; my main ideae was that Organiemenchs' map simply be edited/enlarged, with an explanatory caption that those are only areas historically used by the Tsawwassen but which may be/are in the territories of other nations; part of the problem is that whole ethnic groups with related traditions/territories/familis were cut up into separate bands and those since havee defined themselves as separate "nations". Hence all the overlapping territories; but rest assured Matsqui Prairie, Pitt Meadows and the Cowichan Valley are not part of the "Tsawwassen Nation,nor is the whole of the cities of Vancouver, Burnaby and Richmond as shown. A whole article on territorial claims might be worth doing; the map would be a nightmare, although again BC govt maps could be linked to...Skookum1 (talk) 18:36, 1 March 2008 (UTC)