 Hi everybody, welcome to Bingo. I am so excited today because Amy and I have been trying to figure out a way to get Amy on Bingo for a while now. And the good news is because Canada Day is coming up. Amy took both the bingos today. I love it. So we'll see Amy now and a little bit later on to discuss the Canada project. But what we're gonna discuss today is the First Peoples Project on WikiTree. So welcome to Bingo and welcome Amy into our Bingo studio. Thank you for having me. This is a really, really great topic. I, when you agreed to do this with the First Peoples, I did not have a clue what was going on. I was really, really close. So I was happy to see this come in. And I have a couple of questions for you. If you guys have any questions for Amy with this, please let us know because this is kind of like how we deal with the Native Americans also in the States. It could be a little bit confusing, but I think Amy can break it down. So it's very easy to understand. Let me go ahead and bring up the page. This is the First Peoples of Canada project. It is a sub project of Canada, right? That's right. Okay. And how long has it been going on? We have been, let me see, makes, created it in 2016. And it was part of the First Peoples project. So it was all of the First Peoples of the world. Oh, that's cool. I did not know that. So see, I learned something new from you guys every time on the wiki tree. That's really cool. Yeah. So, and then it got broke down into smaller projects and there was, there's not a lot of people who work on it. So in 2019, it was moved under Canada project. And in 2021, I took over and kind of give it some new life. You did. And it's really interesting to see some similarities, but also some differences on how those in the States handle the Native Americans. And to me, I think that the way that you have it organized is brilliant. You have it so it's easy to understand and it's easy to add. And the sources that you use are pretty cool too. So if anybody has any Canadian ancestors or anything like that, or if you're researching some of the First People, then this would be the time to look at the profiles, ask us questions so we can answer them because we would really like to see more First People Canada profiles on WikiTree. And trust me that you could do probably, I'm guessing if we do three Connect-a-Thons a year, you could do them all in First People for five years and we still would need your help. And there's, we just, we need to add more to this particular category because it is pretty special. Let me go through the page real quick. And I've dropped the page link in the chat and it's real easy to join. It's pretty much the same as everything else. You come down here and you've got a G2G post that you're gonna answer and join. So if you have any desire working on First People's of Canada, then go to GGG and look at it. We just get so many people in the United States that DNA test for, I know I'm Native American, my grandmother, my grandmother's grandmother and the grandfather and then the cousin told me that I'm Native American. So, you know, we get so many people in here. Is it, that's what I was gonna ask. And it's really interesting to me. So if you have that fascination with Native Americans, this is kind of the same. And I'm just gonna put this out real quick because Amy and I were talking about this right before we started Bingo. What would be the difference between Canada First People and then what we consider are Native Americans in the United States? An international border. That's it, that's the only difference. That's it, you know, we have different tribe names and you have different tribe names, but in general, it's gonna be the border. Yeah, and in particular, a lot of those tribes close to what we consider the international border are on both sides. So you have Algonquin here, you have Algonquin there, you have Mohawk there, we have Mohawk here. There's Lakota there, there's Lakota here. It's the same people. I always kind of thought, I'm glad you mentioned that. I thought that when they are straddled the border to them, they're within a border. They're the same tribe. Yeah. Is that true? Okay. For the most part, I believe, yes. I mean, I know that government, you know, agencies, taxes, paychecks, things like that, drivers, anything like that, you know, is obviously gonna be distinct which country which side of the border you're on, but for them as a people. Culturally, yeah, they're all the same. They're all the same, yeah. So I think that's pretty cool to see. I'm really happy to know that if I'm currently working Native American in the US and, you know, in my area, a lot of people are working on Cherokee, for example. I can still work on Canadian First Peoples because there's a lot of familiarity and similarities to the work that we're doing, especially I think the names. Absolutely. I'm going to have probably two names, an Americanized name and a tribe name. Yeah. Yeah. And just for a quick example, Tecumseh is American, like he's a Native American, but he has very close ties to Canada. He was part of the War of 1812. He celebrated here. Really? You know, there's places named after him. Oh, that's pretty cool. Yeah. So, I mean, they don't have borders. They have territories, they have their traditional territories, but they don't have what we would consider a border. That makes sense. Again, I learned so much from every Bingo guest that comes in here. And this one, this particular one, I had to do a little bit more research than I would normally do because I'm so fascinated by that connection, by the beauty of they were here well before a lot of us were here, they were here and that border was not. That's right. That's right. And just because we put it there, doesn't mean anything. That's true. That's true. Okay. So let me go ahead and scroll down. So I think a couple of things that I wanna mention right off the bat here is let's talk a little bit about the First People. So the First People's Canada Project, this is that sub project of the Canada Project, it's gonna focus on First Nations. Now, this is where I got a little confused, I think. Is that synonymous? If I say First People's Canada, I'm also talking about First Nations. Yes. So we have three groups, distinct groups. We have First Nations, we have Inuit, and we have our Métis. Okay. And those would all be considered? First People. First Nation and First People? No, just First People. That's First People, okay. So your First Nation would be the same as your American Indian. Okay. Or comparable to. Inuit is our Northern people. And Métis are specifically mixed race. Okay. So they may be Native American or First Nations, but they're also French or Scots or... Whatever cultures came in. And then let's talk a little bit. We did talk about boundaries a bit. So this looked uninteresting too, that the geographical scope is what's Canada today and the territories, but the Arctic and Greenland. And anybody who's done any research or Native American, this makes perfect sense. So when we talk about this scope of people, we're talking about a long, long time ago. There are people that roam these territories that before countries were, land was separated. So I thought that was kind of interesting as well. And the three, from what I understand, the three distinct peoples, they have very unique and different history, language, cultural practices, they are, just because we're calling them First People does not mean that all three of the groups practice everything exactly the same or the language that was interesting too. There's probably a zillion languages, yeah. And I can't pronounce half of them, so. Well, I was going to say, that's why we have you here. You can do all the pronouncing. And wait till you find out some of the words that you gave us for bingo. Those were kind of amazing as well. Let me drop the bingo. For those that arrived a little bit late, we are talking about the First Peoples Project on WikiTree, and this is the First Peoples of Canada. It's a very fascinating topic. If you are involved in anything to do with Native Americans, especially in the U.S., this is just the same as we were talking. This is just a border. So what you wanna do is bring up your bingo card. We're gonna be starting with the first bingo card in just a minute. Amy's given us words on the bingo card that will help us understand and explain a little bit more about the First Peoples. I do not know this question. So why is that as a good question? What about Alaska? I think that's gonna be the same as they don't recognize the border so much they were there. Yeah, on Alaska, I believe Aleutian, it's the Aleutian Islands that are, they are considered Native American, not Inuit. So even though they're North, they're not necessarily Inuit. Okay. And then that kind of breaks out the different, goes into different cultures, different languages, different groups that separate as well. Okay, so let me go back to the page real quick and remind everybody we're talking about the First Nations, excuse me, First Peoples in Canada. And to join is the same as you would normally join any project. This project could really use some help for adding profiles. So if you have a desire or if you're in Canada, if you have interest, if you have ancestors, think about this for the Connectathon. That's what I kept thinking about. I thought for the Connectathon, this would be really, really great. The other thing that I really love about this page is you spell everything out for us. So you give us the stickers in the project boxes and I can't tell you how great that is because it gets confusing when we're talking about Native Americans or First People. Who will qualify as a project managed First Nation? Besides the, I know the Wikipedia is the standard, the gold standard, but what type of people do you have in your managed? So, Elsie Taylor is one. She was the first nation's woman in Canada to be elected chief. And we're gonna show you some really cool profiles that made it up, did a lot. I guess what I'm asking, did a lot also expand the horizons and leave the boundaries? Do we have musicians? Do we have actors? We have a lot of actors. Right now there's a couple of singers like Buffy St. Marie. Mostly it's people that we come across by accident. Yeah, I was gonna say that's a lot, how I come across my own for the project as well. And how will I find which of the three that they belong to? Would that be coming over to your resources down here? It can be, yep. Or the project box, if it's a managed profile or even if it has a sticker, it will say which they belong to. And you've researched in the US, I guess, right? When you know like our census and we have something called the Dolls Rolls. Does Canada have something that's just for the first people? No, they're usually just designated on a census. Okay, well that gives us the individual bands probably. Yeah, the individual bands probably have records, but they're not accessible unless you go actually physically and look at them. And for the first people, do they accept membership? Is it mostly through bloodline? Definitely through bloodline, yeah. Okay. Because that's sometimes a little different in states. Yeah, and I mean, today's rules are a lot different than they were historically. So, historically, there was a lot of adoption into, like you were adopted into a tribe. Another good example actually is my own interest in First Nations came about when I found out, I was about eight or 10, and I found out that my great aunt was Abenaki. And I'm like, okay, what's that mean? What's that, I don't know. So I started learning and that's where my interest came from in First Nations history. Miss tracing your own roots back. Yeah, and so it ended up that she's actually not my great aunt, she's married to my great uncle. So I don't have any Native American or First Nations ancestry that I'm aware of. I'm Scottish. That's pretty much me. And I should point out too, that if you guys recognize Amy, you recognize her from the Scottish project as well. Yeah, but what I found out going back through the research that other people have done on this family line is that it originated in Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 1760s, somewhere there. The parents of her line, they were taken captive, kept at the Abenaki village in Quebec for many, many years, had children there, their children were raised as Abenaki, married Abenaki women or men, and eventually they became Abenaki. So it was quite a strange story. Yeah, it's an interesting journey to get to that point. That is kind of interesting because you, I think we do that here as well. We look and somebody will say, or somebody will say they DNA tested, or like I said, the cousin of the aunt of the grandmother was Native American. So we'll just make that assumption. And then when you start digging, you realize it's not always the case. And there are some tribes that allow adoption in, and there are some that are not. So each unit I guess would be nation tribe would be different. Okay, let's talk about bingo. You guys ready for bingo? Let's do our first bingo part. And if you have, let's see, yep, I got the first one up. Okay, so bingo, let me tell you how to play bingo. What you're gonna do is very first thing to test it out. There's a free space in the middle. So go ahead and click with your mouse right there in that free space. And that'll get you started before we actually start calling out the words. To get bingo, you can do horizontal, vertically, diagonally, and the first person who gets one of those completely filled out, please type bingo as loud as you can into the chat. And the first person who says bingo is the winner. Five of you could win at the same time, but whoever's the fastest type or lower bingo and grabs my attention, that's the other important thing. The other thing I wanna mention is we have rolled over. This is our sixth month and I think two week anniversary here. So anybody who has not won a prize in the last six months is eligible to win again. Or if you haven't won at all, in bingo, you're eligible to win right now. I will point out today I have a different mug also. I should point that out. I have the black and white mug today. I won't tell you how I got it. I personally like the all black one. So, but a lot of people have been asking, what's the difference? So this is the difference. I personally like the all black one, but just remember to mention your prize. And I'll talk to you about prizes in just a minute. Okay, you guys ready to go? Get your clickers handy. And the first word is Northwest Coast Peoples. Amy, what does this mean? It is a designation. It's a group of coastal tribes, various languages. It's very difficult to pronounce their names. So that was how I decided to do that one. To do it. I did it. Is this a name of? It is, it's another First Nation. I thought this was interesting. You can instantly get the picture of what a dugout canoe is. These were used a lot on the West Coast. They were heavy and good for sea journeys. Really interesting. Cause I'm thinking about the West Coast, just of Northern California. So going up into Canada, that's can be some interesting rough seas up there. Yeah, exactly. Turtle Island. And that's how they refer to their home. Wigwam, there's some familiarity here with that. There'll be a lot of crossover, yeah. Usually, you know, I start to get somebody who says, oh, I'm close. Oh, my dogs are going to go crazy. They heard of boys. They were so quiet. Mine is sleeping. There we go. John, and John, I got to check to see when I was John one. I know he's one. So plateau peoples. Oh, yep. Same thing, there's a very vast group with very distinctive languages. It was hard to cover them all, so. And this was at Western sub-Arctic peoples. Yeah. So these are versus Eastern sub-Arctic peoples. So Hudson Bay separates. Okay. That makes sense. Separates East and West. And do you know, just real quick, I have a question. Are the Canadian Denny related to the US Navajo? Ah, that's an excellent question. Oh, good, Susan. Apparently, yes. How they know this, I'm not exactly sure, because, again, it was not a thing back then. But specifically by language, they're definitely connected. Oh, that's cool. Is Boreal or Boreal? Yeah, Boreal Forest. So that would be Northern Manitoba, Saskatchewan. In First Nations we cover. Yep. The chat is quiet, the chat is intense. Oceans. So I picked oceans because our West Coast and East Coast First Nations were dependent on the ocean for their survival. And it's interesting because if you think about the peoples that come to the North America land that we have, that's where they came from the oceans and for many, many decades, the oceans fed them. That's right. And this is one of the three First Peoples. And this would be our compliment to the Western. That's right. From the House. So again, like the wigwam, that was just another type of structure that they used for living. Oh, let me check. John got bingo. Yay, John. And let's see if John can win. Let me see, John. Who wants to do the math is what I'm gonna say. Let's see. So John, you won. Let me find you. I don't think so, though. John, why don't I have you on my list of when you won? Let me check. Well, hold on, John. It's funny too, because John, how old are you? Oh, there you are. January 20th, I would say that would be that. That, nope. I think you've got four more weeks, I think, before you can do it. And Joku, I know Joku has won fairly recently. Yeah, so on April 28th, so John cannot win, and Joku cannot win. So keep playing. Anybody else want me to check? Okay, and then we have a, let me just go ahead and bring this up too. There's a relationship between the two of you. That would be interesting too. If I wanted to do research, where would I go to do the research at? Would it be, would it be just records? Would records show? I don't think so, I think it's far enough back that it would have to be DNA. That's what I was guessing, okay. Caribou, and guys, the reason why we keep playing, even though two people have mentioned they have bingo, it's that six month rule before you can win again. And totem pole, this is pretty common, the further north we get, I think. Yeah, and I don't know if they're, if the Northwest Native Americans have totem poles or not. I'm most familiar with the Haida totem poles, they're beautiful, they are absolutely beautiful. And I think that's a lost art as well from back in the day. I would love to see that picked up as well. And again, the reason why people are saying, bingo, keep playing, they are having fun with bingo. We'll go through that in a second, bingo. They're having fun with the bingo, but they have won in the past six months. So that's why we're gonna keep playing. Birch bark canoe, so how's this different from? So this is mostly from our Eastern Woodlands Indians, First Nations, sorry. Compared to the dugout canoe, which was heavy and made for seafaring journeys, birch bark canoes were light, easy to transport, they could throw it over their shoulder and get across the rapids in a river easily. So that makes sense, one is more rugged. Yeah, and it was made, these birch bark canoes were made for lakes and rivers and ponds. Well, we do, we do, we have a bingo. Oh, yay. See, this is why I've been going a little bit slower during bingo, usually go fast, we have a bingo. And let me make sure, okay, so I think John is the first bingo person to yell at me that he is bingo. And thank you for putting that in caps, I appreciate it, and thank you John, the other John for telling me as it, and from what I can see, I think that John Powers is a winner, Steven, you are eligible by the way, I just want to point that out, you are eligible to win because it's been over six months for your thing. So congratulations, John, this is awesome. Thank you for also joining us. Let me tell you how to get that bingo prize. You're going to email Aowyn and she's going to email you back with a list to the store, a link, excuse me, to the store. And you can pick anything there up to $30. This is a wiki tree branded, there's mugs, there's all different types of mugs, there's shirts, long sleeve shorts, there's a sleeve tote bag, any type of thing. I think there's even ball caps, but don't hold me to it. I have not been to the store in a while because I just keep getting the bingo mugs. So again, this is the white and black one. The black one, you see no white, it's all black. So if you know that you want the mug already, and you want the black one, make sure you say the all black one or the black one. I need a bingo mug. Yeah, you do, but you've got the hordes bug. I had the hordes bug. I did hear they were expanding in the States down somewhere closer to me, we'll see. So congratulations, that's really awesome. Okay, let's talk a little bit more and show you some profiles. And while I do that, I'm going to give you guys the second bingo card so you can get ready and bring that up and we'll see who wins the second prize. Okay, so first things first, let's talk a little bit about, let me share my screen, some of your notable. So this one, I think might be your oldest going back to 1600. Very possible. Yeah, that goes back and this was really sourced. It is, it is. And it was really interesting. Again, now here's my struggle with Native American as well, the names. Oh yeah. So you want to make sure if you can notice that his wife, at the end's wife, if you have two names, how do I enter that? So this was actually a big discussion in our team, some projects a little while ago because the wikitree standard is to use a nation name if their last name is unknown or tribal name. French records were really good at keeping track of their original names. So some of the early profiles actually odd names. So then if I know the last name of... And it's not technically a last name, but yeah. Yeah, I know that's where I was struggling with. I'm like, if you know their name of their nation name, I guess, then I would go with that as the last name field. Yeah. Okay. That's what, it's very interesting. I mean, the marriage records, some very, very old documents are on this. This particular one is project managed as well. And you can only imagine why it's 1600, but it's a really beautiful... The Jesuit kept some incredible records. Really? Yeah. And I just love, if you look at it, this whole first bit, the first paragraph is put in what would be the language or the speak of a person. And I love when I see this on wikitree. So then that way I can understand a little bit more about their culture as well. So I really, really love how everything is a way that would be appropriate for the profile person. The names, this is where I, this is again, where I get confused. Now this one's kind of cool because it looks like they're also doing the translation, the French to the American as well. So they're giving both options. And this is a really, really beautiful profile with that. It gives you all the information as well as giving you a little bit more detailed information about this person. The reason why I also picked this one because it was an older one, but he was one of the first to be baptized. And you hear about this and he says, when he was baptized in 1644, he began to pray in public to God. And then he was also, he was captured by the Mohawks as well. So I just thought that this particular one was a very rich sneak peek into his life and who he was. And I'll just drop the link. So if anybody wants to explore the profile a little bit later on, feel free. Okay, let's move on to another one that was kind of interesting. This person died not too, too long ago, but a contemporary. So I wanted to make sure everybody understood when we talk about first peoples, a lot of times they think, oh, the first people that roam the land and they're no longer here, not true. No, they're still here. Yeah. And do they get designated as first peoples or designation that they get? They, yeah, we have status and non-status, yeah. And I tried to pick ones that were kind of around Canada as well. And this is the Scotch one and an author. So we were talking about the different types of notables that the project manages. And this gentleman was an author, which was kind of cool. So he was a teacher, but he was also a doctorate of philosophy, which I love. And he was in, again, we're talking about the borders. He was in Canada and also California. Yeah. He went kind of back and forth as well as being an activist. So the interesting thing here is Canada's a ribbonage population. So that was kind of interesting to me. I didn't see that word during my research, but I saw it on his profile. So this brings me to the question for the first people, are they looked upon kindly in Canada? And why are you thinking about that? That's a really difficult question for me to answer. And the reason why I'm asking is for those of you that know me, you know that I work with the Appalachia Project and we are not always looked upon kindly. So that brought me to the question, how are the first people looked upon? I'm putting you on the spot. By the people of Canada? Yes. Mostly they're treated just the same as everyone else. There's no stigma, I guess, or anything like that. There is, and it's just a nasty fact. Yeah. I think that's where we come across as well with Appalachians and even some of the Native Americans that live in Appalachia. There's a different view or different stigma on it. So I thought that was interesting that he was an activist for them. And I thought that was pretty cool. So that's the reason why I picked Howard. And I have to say it's changed over time. In the beginning, they were allies, they were treated very well. So I'm talking like 17, 1800s. Then in the 1800s, we had the introduction and I hate to bring it up, but it's just a nasty fact. We had residential school system here. Okay, so you had the same that we had in the U.S. Absolutely devastated the communities and families. The culture. Their culture, their language, so much. So much harm was done. Because of they wanted assimilation and that's not right, it's not fair, but that's what happened. Now they've had the truce and reconciliation report and calls to action and they're trying to address it, but it's the government. They don't do enough. And I think this is a topic too that's pretty current for you with the schools in particular has been in the news the past 365 days. So maybe the coming out and people being enlightened to it will help the state change and look back at it differently. We've talked about doing some kind of tribute, but without the records, it's really hard to do that. That makes sense. Because there's no record. They're unnamed unmarked graves. Wow. Yeah, I don't know how you would do that. I also remember the children project and I was thinking about that when it came out that if you don't have the record and you don't have the information, it gets really tricky. You can go buy some family records, but it's still trying to... Yeah, and so... Poor data is tough. Basically, there are a few records, but they wanted to hide that information. So it just doesn't exist. So it just doesn't exist. The next one we're gonna talk about is Rose. And Rose is a pretty prominent person. She's a Hollywood actress. That's right. And do I say this, right? Tantu? Yes. Tantu. And that's the name that she prefers to go by in public, which this was great. So if you've ever seen the example, as the profile mentions, dancing with Wolfs, you have seen her in the movies. And she's done a lot more. That's just one she has done quite a bit of movies. And it was really cool to see her as well, because I recognize her. I recognize who she is and how she also really advocates for her nation. And bringing it to Hollywood, real cultural people onto the screen, which is fabulous. Exactly. I would have loved to have had a picture of her, but there are none that I'm aware of in the public domain. They're all still under copyright. Yeah. And she is still living, so that's probably a large part of mine. Okay, so everybody get your bingo card ready. I'm going to drop the link one more time. We've got one more profile that I'll want to go over with you. And this is one that Amy kind of hinted to. And this is a really, really cool profile as well. This is Elsie. And it's just interesting to me because Elsie is the name I would expect to hear in my own area. So it was interesting to see her named it. I think just saying the word makes me smile as well. But she is chief Elsie. She's a pretty cool woman. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, she was the first chief elected in Canada, or first female chief, sorry. And that's a really big deal. I mean, she was elected and she is part of the Ojibwe. Did I say that correctly? That's right. The nation as well. So again, we're trying to bring all the different regions or at least a little bit with the Notables and from Ontario. This was just really, really fabulous too because they put the marriage information. But the fact that in 1954, we're not talking just yesterday. In 1954, she was the first woman in Canada to become chief of a First Nation. That's just amazing to me. Yeah. That's really, really good. And I will drop this link too because it definitely takes some time and look at the page. Go to her Wikipedia page as well. And even look back through her lineage, there are quite a few other Notables as well that are connected through her. Oh, that's great. That's really great. So let's go ahead and talk bingo then. Let me bring up my bingo screen. I did want to give Stephen an answer. So Stephen, the next word in the first bingo part because I noticed that you asked me was bison, not buffalo. So Amy, why are you making that distinction? Bison? So in Canada, that's what they are called, bison. They're basically wood buffalo, the same as what you have in the United States, maybe a little smaller. But yeah, they're bison. OK, so let's go ahead and start bingo for those of you that maybe came in a little late and haven't played bingo before. The second bingo card link is there. Go ahead and bring that up. And what you're going to do to win is get diagonal, horizontal, or vertical. And the first person who gets one of those all the way across, please type bingo. Like John Powers did, he typed it real cap symbol. If a lot of you win at the same time, it's whoever types it first. And as we saw with the first card, if somebody says bingo, keep playing, that means that chances are they have already won. So never close down your bingo card until we confirm that we have a winner like we did with John. You have a free space, go ahead and click that now. And we'll get started. Red River Settlement. Now, we have a red river in the states. So I'm assuming this has got to be the same red river. It probably is if it's in Minnesota. I think in Colorado. I'll have to double check. Oh, OK. So our Red River Settlement is based around Winnipeg, Manitoba, the border area with Minnesota. I think it's Minnesota. That's Wisconsin, Minnesota. They're both side-by-side, right? Yes. My American geography is not Canadian. He's a Scott Canadian. I am a Scott Canadian, that's right. So the Red River Settlement is a Métis community, basically mostly Scots and First Nations, some French First Nations. And then Louis Riel. So he was a prominent leader of the rebellion, Northwest rebellion. Ended up executed by the government. And he was an activist for the first. For the Métis community, yeah. OK. Moose. Moose are important to our. They were used for meat and hide. And abanaki. I like to say that word. Good. And of course, that was my first interest in First Nations people as well. So it's near and dear to my heart. Where are they mostly located? Quebec. Quebec, Vermont, New York kind of area. La Crosse. I'm not going to give that away, but La Crosse was a sport introduced to Canada by the First Nations. I am thinking this is kind of similar to the Canada one. Let me double check. Has anybody I maybe gave everybody the incorrect? Has everybody got one right? Has anybody got one of them right on your car jet? I maybe gave you guys the Canada. See, I'm not used to doing it. No, I think it's gone. It's in both lists. It's in both lists? OK. Let me bring my screen back up. Yeah, definitely don't give it away. Because at the 6 o'clock bingo tonight, we're going to have a lot of fun with Canada. Yeah. OK. OK. Yeah. And I will tell you that there is a surprise at 6 PM about this word, La Crosse. So Amy, you played it. You played La Crosse. I did in high school, yeah. Yep. And I'll tell you, it hurts when you get whacked by the stick. I can't imagine that. It's just so fast. There's a lot of running. It is. And it seems like you run a lot on your tiptoes as well, right? Yeah. OK. So this is kind of an interesting story and also ties to Canada as well. So the story goes that when European explorers first came here and discovered Canada, so they say, they were told that they should come to Canada and they misheard it. And so they used Canada as the reference to the country itself. Canada actually is a city near Ottawa. And it is an Algonquin word for village. Oh, interesting. So they were being asked to come to the village and meet the First Nations people. Oh, that's great. But they understood it to mean the whole country. And they mispronounced the name. That was a good thing. They mispronounced it. OK, so you're going to have to help me with this one. Mi'kma, spelled strangely. But it often gets misspelled with Cs instead of a K and a Q. I can see that. And what is this word? It is a First Nation in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick. I believe there might be actually some in Maine and northern parts of the US as well. This is the second time in this particular card you brought this up. So if you were researching for some of the tribes, the nation, then a lot of times, like we said, there's not a border to them, per se, especially way, way back. So you could easily join the First Nations project of Canada. And you would be working probably on very similar profiles, just like you said. It's an international border. That's the only difference. So don't let the fact that we're saying Canada scare you too much because we're finding that they dip over and under that international line. I mean, the designation of Canada versus American First Nations, First Peoples, is simply a government construct. So your chances are, if you've got ancestors and you're looking for a First Nation or Native American part, especially in your DNA, then the First Nations project, along with the Native American project, would be the key for you, for both of them. Do you get a lot of DNA testing up in Canada to try to prove? Honestly, I don't really know. I don't get too involved in DNA because I just haven't taken the time to learn it. Well, I'll tell you, it is a fascination in the states that does not seem to end. It's one of the main reasons that I used to get clients. Oh, OK. For professional genealogy was, tell me which tribe, I mean, tell me which nation I'm in. Here is mostly oral tradition. Grandma was half Cree or half Algonquin or half Mohawk. And what are Klan mothers? Klan mothers, a lot of our First Nations were matriarchal societies. And so even though they weren't considered chiefs, they were highly respected. And often, their opinions were sought out for various things. And that also makes it a little bit more special to me that Chief Elsie is around. It's just this really cool thing in allies. Allies. So as I said earlier in the beginning, when Europeans first came here, our First Nations, oh, yay, bingo. Our First Nations became allies with the French or with the British against the United States. Yeah. And so, yeah, they. See, I think that's interesting, too, is you look through your history, you see that they started out as friends. And I really wish I had stayed that way. Yeah. I was going to say they came together for a cause, for both of them to survive. And then one kind of took over a little bit. Well, I want to congratulate tree climber. Tree climber, could you do me a favor and tell me, if you are a wiki tree, remember, could you give me your wiki tree so I can write it down and make sure that I get the information through the woman in charge, Ms. Aowyn, about your prize in congratulations. So let me tell you how you're going to win your prize. You're going to come up here and bring this down. You're going to email Aowyn and she's going to give you a link to the store. It's up to $30. It's a really nice thing. I mean, every two weeks, we do two bingo games a day. So there's four prizes a day every other Friday. And wiki tree gives up the $30 prize. So it's really, really nice. So if you want a nice, heavy, long-sleeved shirt, I've seen some of them that people have gotten. If you want a mug, it's up to a $30 prize. And she will get you the information. All you need to do, and John as well, is when you email Aowyn, let her know that you won the first people's bingo. And she will contact you and get you all set up. There we go. So anybody have any questions before we move on to another topic real quick? If you have any questions, please drop them in the chat. And congratulations to Drew Clymer and John on your win. This is coming up candidate. It is. It's coming up in a, you know, it's a pretty big deal. So I was thrilled, Amy and I have talked before. If you were part of the one name study, one place study, bingo a couple months ago. Amy was working that chat. I was trying. Answering tons of questions. So we knew we wanted to ever come back and we started with Canada. We'll get you back for Scotland too because that's a hot topic. This is the first time I've ever done a live. We'll get you back. But I want to point out that there is another bingo. It's at 6 p.m. Eastern today. And we're going to dig into the Canada project. And if you have any questions about Canada, about research, about the regions, about the area, anything about Canada, please, please come in because Amy is going to break it down for us. The Canada project is huge. It is very, very large. You've got different teams for different regions and each team are like many experts on their particular. They're fabulous. And I can't tell you how many times I have sent Amy information. Say please help. Please help. So now Amy is going to say after this bingo, Sandy, you've learned. And a couple surprises as well. We're going to talk a little bit and have just a lot of fun with Canada to celebrate Canada today. So make sure you come back. If you did not win a prize yet in bingo at all, definitely come back. And if you won a prize, but it was over six months ago, and yes, Steven, I'm talking to you, definitely come back and talk to us about Canada. I'll be wearing my hockey jersey in honor of Canada. Is those of you know, I'm kind of based just north of Atlanta. I have, Atlanta has lost two hockey teams to Canada. You're going to wear my hockey jersey to support Canada later on today. So that's about it. I don't, oh wait, we do have one question. This is pretty cool. So curious to how you said earlier, there used to be a project about all First Peoples in the world. Is that a concept only used in America? Good question. I did not know that project was there either. So Amy told us. So we have the term Aboriginal also refers to First Peoples. So you have Australian anywhere where there was non-European people. So Africa would be considered a First People. Australia is considered a First People. South America has their own native cultures. They're everywhere. And I don't, I do not believe, I'm not sure was that a project, project or a quest or a challenge to add First Peoples profiles to WikiTree? Oh, sorry. It wasn't a project per se. It was like a quest or a challenge to add First People profiles all over the world to WikiTree. No, actually there is a, there had been originally a First Peoples project that covered all of the globe. And then now they broke them up and put them into the... There's just not enough leaders to lead them all. And so some countries had a First Peoples project and some don't. And I would say that for that instance, I would go to Canada first to see that, you know, or go to Australia first. I don't think I would look for a particular project that was titled First People. I would go to the particular location, I think to find that. And if you are interested in a different location with this particular topic, reach out to the PL of like, for example, of Australia and they'll be able to give you more information. I know New Zealand is really cool as well with information too. So like New Zealand definitely reach out to the PLs there. Jillian's awesome. Ed would be able to give you some more information probably on Australia or New Zealand, as we mentioned. And I don't know, this was a while ago. So I'm not really sure if, you know, it was it just everywhere but Europe and Asia. I don't know. I did not know that project even existed and it's pretty much gone. So places like Russia, Russia has a native population that were there before the modern population that still exist. So that is considered the original people. First peoples. Yeah. So it's the same as here. We had First Nations, then the Europeans came. In South America, they had First Nations and then the Spanish came. And so it was whoever was there first would be the original or Aboriginal people, yeah. And I would still say if you've got a particular area that you're interested in I would reach out to that locations. Project leaders. Yeah, the project leaders should have a good grasp on the history of the area. And if they have an existing sub-project, the First Peoples Nation of Canada that we're talking about right now is a sub-project of the Canada project. So if you reach out to the leaders of the particular location you might be interested in, they'll be able to give you a lot more information. They are their subject matter experts for their locations. So I don't want to, I don't want to steer you wrong. I didn't even know that project existed at one time. But again, I'm glad that it was kind of moved into the respective locations. I would have never thought to look at it at a higher level place. No, and we had to reach Canada. I had actually spoken with the, at the time she was the leader of the Native American project about doing a North American and removing the international boundaries so that it was all one, it would be unmanageable, that size, I think. So it makes sense to separate them by country. And I think that as Amy's kind of talked about as well, this is a very sensitive topic on naming. And we're not talking about what necessarily their last name should be. That is a difficult thing, but naming them as well. I know the Native American project, it's a struggle what to call them as well. Are they Native Americans? Are they first people? And this is kind of a tricky topic. And that is the reason why I would definitely go to the locations project leaders because they might call them something different than what we do. For example, we do not call in the States, first peoples. And that's what Canada does. So that's a good example of the differences. So I would definitely reach out to the location. Yeah, and I mean, a good rule of thumb is it's what they call themselves. So here, if you're in a communication with the government they're referred to as first people. Then again, the three separate groups, the First Nations, Inuit and Métis, that's how they identify themselves. If that makes sense. And that's probably the best way to approach if you were gonna do research, if you were going to add profiles to Wiki Tree and things like that. And remember, you're never alone. You're never out there alone. If it's confusing, if it doesn't make sense, if you're not sure which spelling or name or location, reach out. But that's why we have Bingo here and that's why Amy's here to explain this. This isn't an easy topic. It sounds like it is because you've got the three that we're talking about but it's not an easy topic because it goes a little deeper than that and they are different cultures and they are different languages. And we are removing the international boundary as well. So we're talking about Canada and the United States. If this is the line, they don't see that. Yeah, exactly, exactly. Okay, I hope you answered everybody's questions again. Congratulations to our two winners. I can't wait till you guys come back to a future Bingo and let us know what you want. If you have not been to our Bingo page, let me bring it up. If you have not been to our Bingo page, we are booked up for Bingo until September. You will not believe some of the upcoming bingos that we have. We have pulled some interesting guests in and check it out. And if you have any questions about Bingo, let me know. If you have any suggestions, there's the page. Let us know. You can see Amy in a couple of hours. So we hope to see everybody else. Bye guys, we appreciate you being here. Thanks for having me.