User talk:Tamalpa
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- Zapptastic at 09:08, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
Kule Loklo[edit]
Cleanup tag removed. Thanks. ExterayT.C 15:06, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
Cherry Blossom Tree - I strongly disagree with your deletion of the paragraph about volunteering from the Kule Loklo page. Kule Loklo is a recreation of a California Indian village that is deteriorating and is desperately in need of volunteers to restore and maintain it. The paragraph you deleted was an attempt to let people know that it not only is a place that tourists can visit, but a place that interested people can maintain.
Without additional volunteers, there soon won't be much of the village left. The subterraneau sweatlodge is already unsafe to enter, and several structures are on the verge of collapse. One already has collapsed. This is not a for profit-venture. It is native and non-native people working together to preserve history and educate the public about the fact that traditional Native American culture was far, far more diverse than standard representation we see in the media. Tamalpa 01:52, 6 September 2006 (UTC)Tamalpa
- I don't doubt that it is a good cause but recruiting for volunteers is not the sort of thing that should be in an encyclopaedia article. Most of what you've written above would fit better and achieve a similar aim - write something about the current condition of the site, what's being done about it and what needs to be done about it. Make it obvious that volunteers are needed but don't outright ask for them. --Cherry blossom tree 21:49, 6 September 2006 (UTC)