[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#13657) Contribution of Inuit nation

["Jason Short" <jdorje@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Daniel Markstedt wrote:
> <URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=13657 >
> 
>>You have
>>
>>groups=_("Modern"), _("American")
>>
>>AFAICS Modern is reserved for the real existing states of today. Can 
>>you
>>substitute it with Medieval or the like?
>>
>>Christian
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>>Christian Knoke            * * *            http://cknoke.de
>>* * * * * * * * *  Ceterum censeo Microsoft esse dividendum.
>>
> 
> 
> I realize this could pose a problem, since the Inuits neither 
> historically had a centralized kingdom/country, nor have an independent 
> state today. But I thought, as Greenland (and Nunavut to some extent) 
> certainly is self-governing and partially independent, that the Inuit 
> could qualify as a "Modern" nation. But to avoid controversy, I will 
> gladly put Medieval there instead.
> 
> In fact, I'm working on another semi-independent nation: the Sami (or 
> Lapps). Perhaps a new group - "Indigenous" - could be appropriate.. The 
> Sioux, for example, would fit in such a group too.

The problem isn't with "American" (they are American) it's with 
"Modern".  These are historical nations.  Perhaps a group for historical 
American nations would be good though.  Pre-columbian?

-jason