Talk:Deskaheh

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Inaccuracies in Source Material

It appears as if the source material for the article, "Seven Generations of Iroquois Leadership: The Six Nations since 1800", contains numerous errors. It does not provide any citation for several inaccurate statements - specifically, the statement that the Canadian military and foreign policy was controlled by the British until the end of Dominion status in 1949, and that there was a divide between those who wished to become Canadian citizens and those loyal to the British Crown. For instance, the concept of Canadian citizenship did not exist at law until the passage of the Canadian Citizenship Act, 1946. Prior to this point, the only concept of the term "Canadian citizen" related to immigration regulations on entrance into and out of the country. This concept was also a subset of the concept of British subject. See History of Canadian nationality law.

In addition, the formal subordination of Canada to the United Kingdom came to an end with the Statute of Westminster 1931. While Canadian control of its own military and foreign policy de facto occured after the Chanak Crisis, 1931 would be the latest date on which the author might be correct. He may have conflated the end of British rule over Newfoundland in 1949 with some end of control over Canada, but I don't see there being an arguable case for this being correct.

In light of the above, I propose to remove the inaccurate portions of the article. I have no knowledge whether the other facts cited by Hauptman are correct, so I have no position on whether to leave those in. Homagetocatalonia (talk) 20:09, 30 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]