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Half of me is nearly extinct! Who knew?
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<blockquote data-quote="Mattsmom277" data-source="post: 366238" data-attributes="member: 4264"><p>Okay, some answers:</p><p></p><p>On my fathers side, the nearly disappeared completely side:</p><p>WABANAKI= Maliseet, Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, Mi'kmaq </p><p></p><p>We are Maliseet, particular name is: Viger Maliseet First Nation of Cacouna, Quebec</p><p></p><p>Maliseet is the 11th Aboriginal Nation of the province of Quebec</p><p></p><p>On my mothers side:</p><p></p><p>We are Algonquin indian.</p><p></p><p>My band is Pikwàkanagàn: Pick-wok-nah-gone</p><p></p><p>Pikwàkanagàn means "beautiful hilly country covered in evergreens"</p><p></p><p>It's informal name is Golden Lake Reserve, not really used anymore but still a commonly used way to reference the reservation.</p><p></p><p>I will copy/paste a neat history synopsis in a post below this one, that way I don't bombard this post with tons of info that not everyone will be interested in, but sounds like some of you might think is kind of neat. Also touches on the whole European settlers issue.</p><p></p><p></p><p>It is funny that I am often thought to be Italian, yet most other Aboriginal people clearly know me as Aboriginal. It is a oddity in my family that with us women, once we hit our 30's we tend to become more and more native in appearance. My mother and aunts didn't look aboriginal at all as I was growing up, and now you wouldn't mistake them for anything but purely native in heritage. My easy child seems to have skipped the trend and is very aboriginal looking. If I am wearing makeup, hair is not straight (when I perm it) etc I tend to still look Italian. If I pull my hair back into a ponytail and am not wearing makeup, there is not much mistaking things. I'm hitting the "age" I suppose and can see a marked difference even in only the past 5 years. When I was young I was happy to be mistaken for anything other than aboriginal. i wonder why my family didn't speak about that with me, why on earth would I feel ashamed to appear to be, well, what I am? I'm glad that passed. I'm quite happy to be aging into a appearance I carry proudly. I like it <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mattsmom277, post: 366238, member: 4264"] Okay, some answers: On my fathers side, the nearly disappeared completely side: WABANAKI= Maliseet, Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, Mi'kmaq We are Maliseet, particular name is: Viger Maliseet First Nation of Cacouna, Quebec Maliseet is the 11th Aboriginal Nation of the province of Quebec On my mothers side: We are Algonquin indian. My band is Pikwàkanagàn: Pick-wok-nah-gone Pikwàkanagàn means "beautiful hilly country covered in evergreens" It's informal name is Golden Lake Reserve, not really used anymore but still a commonly used way to reference the reservation. I will copy/paste a neat history synopsis in a post below this one, that way I don't bombard this post with tons of info that not everyone will be interested in, but sounds like some of you might think is kind of neat. Also touches on the whole European settlers issue. It is funny that I am often thought to be Italian, yet most other Aboriginal people clearly know me as Aboriginal. It is a oddity in my family that with us women, once we hit our 30's we tend to become more and more native in appearance. My mother and aunts didn't look aboriginal at all as I was growing up, and now you wouldn't mistake them for anything but purely native in heritage. My easy child seems to have skipped the trend and is very aboriginal looking. If I am wearing makeup, hair is not straight (when I perm it) etc I tend to still look Italian. If I pull my hair back into a ponytail and am not wearing makeup, there is not much mistaking things. I'm hitting the "age" I suppose and can see a marked difference even in only the past 5 years. When I was young I was happy to be mistaken for anything other than aboriginal. i wonder why my family didn't speak about that with me, why on earth would I feel ashamed to appear to be, well, what I am? I'm glad that passed. I'm quite happy to be aging into a appearance I carry proudly. I like it :) [/QUOTE]
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