Template:Did you know nominations/Zebedee Nungak

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 22:04, 10 April 2022 (UTC)

Zebedee Nungak

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• ... that Zebedee Nungak, taken from his homeas a child for an experiment by the Canadian government, went on to become a negotiator for the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement and president of the Makivik Corporation? Source: "“They essentially did not know who we were,” Ittinuar said. “They didn’t know Zeb was an under-aged negotiator of the JBNQIA (James Bay Northern Quebec Inuit Agreement) agreement, nor that I was twice an MP (Member of Parliament) and the Elder Trudeau was my boss." Blackburn, Mark (5 May 2017). "'Experimental Eskimos' get one step closer to reconciliation". APTN National News. Aboriginal Peoples Television Network
  "From 1995 to 1998 he was president of Makivik Corporation, the Inuit organization responsible for the administration of the JBNQA compensation funds." Chartier, Daniel (2018). "Nungak, Zebedee". Inuit Literatures ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᓪᓚᒍᓯᖏᑦ Littératures inuites. Université du Québec à Montréal: International Laboratory for Research on Images of the North, Winter and the Arctic.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Dong Leshan
  • Comment: ALT hooks that reword ALT0 are definitely appreciated to shorten the length of the original! Thank you so much in advance to the reviewer!

Moved to mainspace by Ornithoptera (talk). Self-nominated at 00:10, 27 March 2022 (UTC).

• . Excellent article on an important Inuit leader (living). Article is new enough (based on date moved into mainspace), lengthy, well sourced. Copyvio unlikely per Earwig. QPQ is done. Original hook captures essential points in Nungak's life — both his experience as the subject of the Eskimo Experiment and one of his major achievements. It is a little wordy, but is OK as is; have suggested simply striking "from his home" as that's implied, plus striking the president of the Makivik Corporation. Have also suggested some alternate hooks below but unless @Ornithoptera: is keen, suggest sticking to original hook minus words indicated above. (Also, ALT1 would require Nungak's quote to be added to the article.) (The ALT hooks below all correspond to facts cited in the article now; but if someone other than me would need to review and approve them.)
  • ALT1: ... that Zebedee Nungak, taken as a child for the Canadian government's "Eskimo Experiment", went on to "cross antlers with prime ministers, premiers and Québec separatists"?
  • ALT1b: ... that Zebedee Nungak, taken as a child for an experiment by the Canadian government, went on to "cross antlers with prime ministers, premiers and Québec separatists"?
  • ALT2: ... that Zebedee Nungak, taken as a child by the Canadian government for the "Eskimo Experiment", went on to negotiate the first land claim on behalf of the Inuit?
  • ALT2b: ... that Zebedee Nungak, taken as a child for an experiment by the Canadian government, went on to negotiate the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement on behalf of the Inuit?
  • ALT3: ... that Zebedee Nungak, taken as a child by the Canadian government for the "Eskimo Experiment", went on to help negotiate the landmark James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement?Cielquiparle (talk) 13:05, 8 April 2022 (UTC)

• These are all wonderful hooks @Cielquiparle:! I'm not sure if I'm able to review them but I give you my blessing for whichever may go through. Ornithoptera (talk) 02:40, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

• Thanks for your feedback,@Ornithoptera:. In that case I'm striking ALT0 and ALT3. Coming back to it today, I think it's clearer in ALT1 and ALT2 that Nungak was fighting on behalf of the Inuit and willing to spar with his opponents as needed. So we just need someone else — maybe one of the DYK admins — to approve one or both hooks. Cielquiparle (talk) 07:34, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

• Though, I would want to say, I'm not entirely sure if the experiment had an actual official name by the government. I think that the name was an informal one given to it after the fact rather than the official one. Since it contains a pejorative, we might want to just refer to it as an experiment? Ornithoptera (talk) 07:41, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

• OK. See ALT1b and ALT2b above. I've replaced "Eskimo Experiment" per Ornithoptera's comment...and then further reworded the reference to the "land claim" in ALT2b so that now it's clear 1) which side he was negotiating for; and 2) avoiding the language "first land claim" after all so there's no confusion about Canada vs. Alaska, etc. Cielquiparle (talk) 16:41, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

ALT1b to T:DYK/P3