Talk:Pomo religion

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Kusku Religion AND Mythology: RESEARCH Goldenrowley 06:26, 25 October 2006 (UTC) http://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/kroeber/ Handbook of Indians of California], (1919). "The strongest link with the Maidu is the presence of the Kuksu cult of the Sacramento Valley, with its long variety of rituals, impersonation of spirits, distinctive costumes, and the accompaniment of the large semisubterranean dance house...."[reply]

Verb tense[edit]

Not a lot of detail, here, but the verb tense of most of the article uses the past, which implies that the Pomo religion is extinct. This gels too closely with the imperialist metanarrative of "The Vanished Indian" to be as neutral as an article should be.Rtelkin (talk) 22:44, 31 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This is a problem in many Native articles in Wikipedia. Please feel free to be bold and fix the article. -Uyvsdi (talk) 22:48, 31 May 2011 (UTC)Uyvsdi[reply]