Talk:The Payne Family Native American Center

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Claim to notability?[edit]

Quoting the lede:

The Payne Family Native American Center is the first facility in the United States to be built exclusively for the Department of Native American Studies and American Indian Student Services.

First, there is no source to back this up; the Missoulian article did not mention it. Second, what is the Department of Native American Studies and American Indian Student Services? This is not a federal-level department as far as I can tell.

In other words, is this facility notable as anything other than a building on the University of Montana campus? —C.Fred (talk) 20:21, 16 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I think the novelty here is that an expensive new building was erected for the sole purpose of housing a Native American Studies program at a university (rather than having NAS squat in other colleges or move into old buildings vacated by other programs). If that's true, then I'd consider it notable indeed -- as I suspect most Native Americans would.

Transatlanticnomad (talk) 22:15, 16 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If it can be verified, I'd consider it a claim to notability as well. —C.Fred (talk) 22:40, 16 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I am in the process of verifying that it is the first such facility. Bear with me, 150.131.67.168 (talk) 21:04, 18 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

So I found two sources that I think verify the statement that the Payne Family Native American Center is the first of its kind in the Nation. News Sources Indian Country Today and the associated press. —Preceding unsigned comment added by SteeleWilliams (talk • contribs) 16:11, 2 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]