Talk:Everett report

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Did you know... that in the 1920s Edward A. Everett, with help from his stenographer Lulu G. Stillman, concluded that the Iroquois had been defrauded of their land, but their report was "buried" until the 1970s?

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 01:08, 13 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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~~... that Lulu G. Stillman and Edward A. Everett once tried to report the defrauding of the Iroquois?~~

ALT1 ... that in the 1920s Lulu G. Stillman and Edward A. Everett concluded that the Iroquois had been defrauded of their land, but their report was "buried" until the 1970s?
Reviewed: 5 West 54th Street (2, 3, 4/4)
Comment: Vami IV wrote ALT0.

Created by Eddie891 (talk). Self-nominated at 23:37, 2 June 2021 (UTC).[reply]

@Eddie891: I am in the process of reviewing this. For a start, the Everett report has two quotes that I noticed with errors; one is the misspelling of "Iroquois" in the lead and the other is the repeated mention of the "treaty of 1784" in the report's conclusion. I assume that both these errors were not in the source? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:41, 24 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Cwmhiraeth, good catch. I've corrected those errors and double checked all other quotes in the three articles, Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 12:54, 24 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. These three articles are new enough and long enough. The articles are neutral, and I detected no copyright issues. Three QPQs have been done. I don't think either of the hooks is completely satisfactory; the first is not really accurate, and the second needs to mention Stillman differently. She was a researcher and stenographer and not part of the commission, even if she was responsible for drafting much of the text, she would not have been a signatory. The findings were inconvenient for the New York State Assembly, so it is perhaps unsurprising that they refused to accept it and it got buried instead. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 13:20, 24 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Cwmhiraeth, how about the following? Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 12:07, 25 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

ALT2 ... that in the 1920s Edward A. Everett, with help from his stenographer Lulu G. Stillman, concluded that the Iroquois had been defrauded of their land, but their report was "buried" until the 1970s?

Thank you. Approving ALT2. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:42, 25 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

1974

The article makes a tantalising reference to events after 1974...What happened? No Swan So Fine (talk) 21:14, 15 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]