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This doesn't directly involve names but...
I knew for most of my lift I was Austrian, Scottish, Irish and French but all emphasis has been put on my scottish heritage. Only when I was like 14 or so did I find out I was native too. My mother doesn't seem very proud of this, so she didn't tell me. Back when my parents were growing up, they lived much more north in Ontario, and appearently the general native population tended to have problems with alcohol, limited education, and many just stayed on welfare. So now I want to know about my native heritage, but I don't even know what tribe I'm from. I have been trying to get maps of tribes, but they are all different, and most are so bad I can't read them. According to one I'm Ojibwe, another I'm Huron, and another I'm Algonquin. My great grandfather was Native and lived in Timmins Ont. around the late 1800's... any idea what tribe is based in that area?
I feel like I'm missing part of my history, and when I have children I want to have all their culture taught to them, and I want to give them middlenames to reflect their diverse heritage.
Thanks for any help
~SD
I knew for most of my lift I was Austrian, Scottish, Irish and French but all emphasis has been put on my scottish heritage. Only when I was like 14 or so did I find out I was native too. My mother doesn't seem very proud of this, so she didn't tell me. Back when my parents were growing up, they lived much more north in Ontario, and appearently the general native population tended to have problems with alcohol, limited education, and many just stayed on welfare. So now I want to know about my native heritage, but I don't even know what tribe I'm from. I have been trying to get maps of tribes, but they are all different, and most are so bad I can't read them. According to one I'm Ojibwe, another I'm Huron, and another I'm Algonquin. My great grandfather was Native and lived in Timmins Ont. around the late 1800's... any idea what tribe is based in that area?
I feel like I'm missing part of my history, and when I have children I want to have all their culture taught to them, and I want to give them middlenames to reflect their diverse heritage.
Thanks for any help
~SD
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Wow!
Do you want to give your children Austrian, Scottish, Irish, French and Native American middle names? That will be long names...
Satu
Do you want to give your children Austrian, Scottish, Irish, French and Native American middle names? That will be long names...
Satu
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lol, not quite
Well I have been with the same guy for 3 years, and we've known each other four years. We hope to get married someday, right now I am only 18 and he's 17 so its out of the question. His background is german, scottish, and irish.
So, Austrian is just German, it's easy to get irish names with gaelic meanings, but heres the idea...
I like the name Brigitte - it's the german and french version of a irish and scottish name (with a beautiful meaning i may add). So that takes care of 5 of our ancestries right there.
She would only need a native american name and she would have it all.
That's the idea ^_^
~SD
Well I have been with the same guy for 3 years, and we've known each other four years. We hope to get married someday, right now I am only 18 and he's 17 so its out of the question. His background is german, scottish, and irish.
So, Austrian is just German, it's easy to get irish names with gaelic meanings, but heres the idea...
I like the name Brigitte - it's the german and french version of a irish and scottish name (with a beautiful meaning i may add). So that takes care of 5 of our ancestries right there.
She would only need a native american name and she would have it all.
That's the idea ^_^
~SD
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Well you know what I like this boy and he likes this girl and they start talking about names but they are going to name their kids in Itailan!!!
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Silver--
I'd try this website to see if you can find some contacts that would help you figure it out. Good luck.
http://www.aboriginalcanada.gc.ca/abdt/interface/interface2.nsf/engdocBasic/0.html
I'd try this website to see if you can find some contacts that would help you figure it out. Good luck.
http://www.aboriginalcanada.gc.ca/abdt/interface/interface2.nsf/engdocBasic/0.html
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Thank you
I went to the website and contacted them with my question.
~SD
I went to the website and contacted them with my question.
~SD
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I am a little Sanskrit from forever ago....I wanted the same thing for my children..I named my daughetr Charlijet..I think I had heard it from a while ago, but maybe I misunderstood, because no one has heard of it. I think it's really pretty. My name is Mackenshaya after my Great (of some sort) Grandma
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this has nothing to do with your question but you could give your future daughter kateri as a middle name. it's after kateri tekakwitha who was baptized as a catholic way back in the 1670s
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Thank you for the suggestion
but I am looking for meaning of names
and I want to know my tribe, so I can name my child with a word or in the language of my people
~SD
but I am looking for meaning of names
and I want to know my tribe, so I can name my child with a word or in the language of my people
~SD
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yeah, kateri was mowhawk..i found some links that worked! there's an e book of indian names, but you have to pay $20 or $30 for it
http://www.babynameguide.com/categorynativeamerican.asp?strAlpha=A&strCat=Native-American&strOrder=Gender
http://www.babynamecenter.com/native_american.htm
http://www.babynameguide.com/categorynativeamerican.asp?strAlpha=A&strCat=Native-American&strOrder=Gender
http://www.babynamecenter.com/native_american.htm
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ty
Thanks for doing a search for me! I am not gonna go paying money (that i dont have mind u, lol) for a baby name book until i know what tribe I am, so i can name them according to that. Ty guys
~SD
Thanks for doing a search for me! I am not gonna go paying money (that i dont have mind u, lol) for a baby name book until i know what tribe I am, so i can name them according to that. Ty guys
~SD
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