User:Yksin

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I live in Upper Inlet Dena'ina country in Anchorage, Alaska. Particularly interested in Finnish & Finno-Ugric myth, language, and culture; in Alaska history & culture, esp. Alaska Native stuff (though I'm non-Native myself); in comparative religion; and in poetry & literature.

Sandbox | Sandbox2 | WP discussions | Barnstars etc. | Edit summary

[edit] Stuff I'm currently mucking about with

	2007-02-13	Finnish mythology	Revised & expanded section on nonhistorical stuff (St. Urho). Conducting research to verify/update info for accuracy.
started	2007-02-24	Kalifornsky village, Alaska	Started stub; added some info on 27 Feb; more to come.
	2007-02-21	Peter Kalifornsky	Rewrote intro; added bibliography & references. Major work ongoing on life story; see my sandbox for work-in-progress.
started	2007-03-15	Category:Alaska Native regional corporations	Also adding category to relevant pages. Turns out I've got to create most of them myself. So far: greatly expanded Ahtna, Incorporated, Calista Corporation, Sealaska Corporation, The 13th Regional Corporation (which also got major WP:NPOV/WP:ATT cleanup); started The Aleut Corporation, Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, Bering Straits Native Corporation, Bristol Bay Native Corporation, Chugach Alaska Corporation, Cook Inlet Region, Inc., Doyon, Limited, Koniag, Incorporated, NANA Regional Corporation, and Alaska Newspapers, Inc. (a Calista subsidiary). There is now an article for every one of the 13 regional corporations; none can be considered a stub.
started	2007-03-28	Category:Alaska Native village corporations	Adding category to the very few relevant pages; creating new pages. So far: Started Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation.
started	2007-03-28	Category:ANCSA	For organization of articles related to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, regional & village corporations, etc. So far, also started: Category:Arctic Slope region.
started	2007-03-28	Category:Alaska Native ethnic groups	For recategorization of ethnic groups previously erroneously included in.
	2007-03-28	Category:Alaska Native tribes	Will be creating articles on BIA-recognized tribes to go with this.
	2007-03-28	Alaska Native Allotment Act	Also some updates to Dawes Act to go with this.
		miscellaneous	miscellaneous updates on other pages.

[edit] Mostly done, at least for now

	2007-02-25	Alan Boraas	Barnstarred 2007-02-28 for my work, which helped prevent AfD deletion. -- Cool! More stuff to come based on Dena'ina-related research.
	2007-02-27	Kalifornsky, Alaska	Updates to make it clear it's not a town but a census designated area, added some history. Minor stuff since.
started	2007-02-28	Steve Stanton	Started article; did most of the writing on it through 3 Mar 2007; occasional updates since. Barnstarred 2007-03-02. DYN 2007-03-08.
Started	2007-03-12	Wildwood Correctional Complex	Started stub with a couple of references; gives at least a basic history of Wildwood.
	2005-03-13	List of Alaska Native Tribal Entities	Renamed (moved) from "List of Native Alaskan Tribal Entities"; updated link-tos; updated list based on latest (2005) BIA list in Federal Register.
started	2007-03-14	Category:Indigenous languages of Alaska	Also went through & added the category to the relevant languages; adding or have added language infoboxes to all articles listed in this category. And sometimes had to create new pages, including Alutiiq language, Central Alaskan Yup'ik language, Central Alaskan Yup'ik. Not a start, but changed from a redirect: Siberian Yupik language.
split started	2007-03-20	Bioneers Bioneer	Split article, so I started one of these. Reorganization, rewriting, expansion.

[edit] Other stuff

• Assistance with assessment for WP Biography