Talk:Yosemite National Park

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Superintendent

Any interest in a having a sentence mention the national park's superintendent? Cindy Muldoon was named yesterday as the park's new superintendent, becoming just the second woman to hold the position. I think it's worthy of inclusion, and I'm happy to post it if there's consensus. https://www.sfchronicle.com/nation/article/Yosemite-gets-new-superintendent-in-bid-for-15678961.php Pistongrinder (talk) 19:18, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

FA criteria

There is significant unsourced content in the article, including no less than 27 {{citation needed}} tags. The article will need better referencing in order to remain a featured article. (t · c) buidhe 21:44, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

MONGO, Mav is no longer editing, might you be interested in bringing this back to standard? SandyGeorgia (Talk) 00:00, 3 November 2020 (UTC)

I will have to put it in cue. Would like to see it updated but not sure I have time. I'll try.--MONGO (talk) 04:12, 3 November 2020 (UTC)

I like chasing down references. I'll take a crack at it. — hike395 (talk) 04:55, 3 November 2020 (UTC)

I'm willing to work on it too. Pistongrinder (talk) 19:30, 6 November 2020 (UTC)

@Hike395, @Pistongrinder, @MONGO: can I bring this to FAR, or do you still plan to work on this in the medium-term? FemkeMilene (talk) 18:05, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for reminding me. I'll get back to work on it. — hike395 (talk) 00:54, 6 March 2021 (UTC)

@Hike395, Pistongrinder, and MONGO: still interested in working on this? Z1720 (talk) 22:05, 8 August 2021 (UTC)

I appreciate the reminder, @Z1720. I'll have some time next week to work on researching and adding appropriate citations to the article. Pistongrinder (talk) 16:53, 11 August 2021 (UTC)

Awesome. Feel free to ping me when improvements are complete and I will conduct a more thorough review. Z1720 (talk) 18:43, 11 August 2021 (UTC)

I've added several citations to the article over the last few weeks as you can see in the history section, but I'm not finished yet. There are still a dozen or so more tags to tackle. This is just an update to say that I'm still working on them. Pistongrinder (talk) 15:44, 10 September 2021 (UTC)

Disputing the origin of the name Yosemite and "grizzy bear"

In the Etymology section, it is stated that the name Yosemite "itself is from the Native American word 'uzumate,' which meant grizzly bear", which was taken from the source https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/travel/national-parks/the-origins-of-place-names-in-yosemite/

However, from another source http://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/origin_of_word_yosemite.html, it is explained that this name was a mistake. The one who named the National Park, Mr. L. H. Bunnell, heard the story from Major James Savage, who had a conversation with Chief Ten-ei-ya and mistakenly interpreted Ten-ei-ya. It is further explained in http://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/discovery_of_the_yosemite/04.html#page_63 that Ten-ei-ya was describing his band, which consisted of the outlaws and refugrees from other tribes, is called "grizzy bear", but not the area itself. The word "uzumate" (bear) and "yosemite" (killer), although sound similar to those who is not familiar with Miwok language, are totally distinct to native speaker in Miwok [1, 2].

Therefore it is not persuasive to use the explanation provided by the Hachette Book Group. I recommend a discussion and revision (if applicable) on this section.

BrainchildHo🧠👶Ho 💬 08:40, 8 February 2021 (UTC)

1. Erwin G. Gudde, California Place Names, 1949, s.v.

2. Indiana University Publications in Anthropology and Linguistics, Memoir 6 of the International Journal of American Linguistics, 1951.

"Indigenous peoples' presence post war and since"

This section is rather garbled and is fundamentally incorrect in saying that there were four major evictions. In fact by 1969 only a few houses in the "Indian village" remained, solely occupied by park employees and their families who were relocated to other employee housing. The fundamental relationship in the National Park era between employment by the National Park and the right to reside the "Indian villages" is completely ignored. Eldomtom2 (talk) 15:05, 17 May 2023 (UTC)

Updating this article's European centric history

I noticed that much of this article's descriptions of the history of the region of Yosemite is focused on the history of the region with regards to European settlers. Where natives are mentioned it is often sparse and lacking sources. I plan to spend some time adjusting the language used in this article and expanding the history section to include more details about precolonial times.

I wanted to put this section here in the talk page in advance of those changes incase anyone whose interested in this page wanted to voice any concerns with this plan or wanted to help out throughout the process.

Cheers, Skoulikomirmigotripa (talk) 17:22, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

I think it's a great idea. No doubt, the article skews to a eurocentric context owing to the mainstream sourcing used (which is not a criticism of any previous editors). If you are able to find good sources covering the indigenous history of the area, I think it would be great to add. *But*, I would say that a more complete history of the area should be covered in History of the Yosemite area and even Yosemite Valley, while this article probably should be concerned, for the most part, on the park itself and the history since its formation. Cristiano Tomás (talk) 18:48, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

Yes, that's a great point! If I have the time/energy I may start the process of creating that page as well. For now though, I'll just plan on updating the history section of this page. Skoulikomirmigotripa (talk) 21:06, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

Probablya too soon to mention staffing fears due to government firing staff, but see this

[1] Doug Weller talk 13:47, 15 February 2025 (UTC)

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