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[TASK 117: THE WABANAKI CONFEDERACY]

In celebration of November being Native American Heritage Month, here’s a masterlist below compiled of over 60+ Abenaki, Maliseet, Mi’kmaq, Passamaquoddy, or Penobscot faceclaims categorised by gender with their occupation and ethnicity denoted if there was a reliable source. The Wabanaki Confederacy was a powerful confederacy of indigenous peoples in the US and Canada founded in 1606 of the the culturally and linguistically related Abenaki, Maliseet, Mi’kmaq, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot tribes. The Wabanaki Confederacy broke apart in 1862, but have since reestablished their confederacy as of 1993. If you want an extra challenge use random.org to pick a random number! Of course everything listed below are just suggestions and you can pick whichever faceclaim or whichever project you desire.

Any questions can be sent here and all tutorials have been linked below the cut for ease of access! REMEMBER to tag your resources with #TASKSWEEKLY and we will reblog them onto the main! This task can be tagged with whatever you want but if you want us to see it please be sure that our tag is the first five tags, @ mention us or send us a messaging linking us to your post!

THE TASK - scroll down for FC’s!

STEP 1: Decide on a FC you wish to create resources for! You can always do more than one but who are you starting with? There are links to masterlists you can use in order to find them and if you want help, just send us a message and we can pick one for you at random!

STEP 2: Pick what you want to create! You can obviously do more than one thing, but what do you want to start off with? Screencaps, RP icons, GIF packs, masterlists, PNG’s, fancasts, alternative FC’s - LITERALLY anything you desire!

STEP 3: Look back on tasks that we have created previously for tutorials on the thing you are creating unless you have whatever it is you are doing mastered - then of course feel free to just get on and do it. :)

STEP 4: Upload and tag with #TASKSWEEKLY! If you didn’t use your own screencaps/images make sure to credit where you got them from as we will not reblog packs which do not credit caps or original gifs from the original maker.

THINGS YOU CAN MAKE FOR THIS TASK -  examples are linked!

Stumped for ideas? Maybe make a masterlist or graphic of your favourite faceclaims. A masterlist of names. Plot ideas or screencaps from a music video preformed by an artist. Masterlist of quotes and lyrics that can be used for starters, thread titles or tags. Guides on culture and customs.

Screencaps

RP icons [of all sizes]

Gif Pack [maybe gif icons if you wish]

PNG packs

Manips

Dash Icons

Character Aesthetics

PSD’s

XCF’s

Graphic Templates - can be chara header, promo, border or background PSD’s!

FC Masterlists - underused, with resources, without resources!

FC Help - could be related, family templates, alternatives.

Written Guides.

and whatever else you can think of / make!

MASTERLIST!

F:

Alanis Obomsawin (1932) Abenaki - filmmaker.

Shirley Bear (1936) Maliseet - artist, poet, herbalist, and activist.

Alice Azure (1940) Mi’kmaq of Métis, French, and Dutch descent / Norwegian - poet and writer.

Gail Tremblay (1945) Mi'kmaq, Onondaga - writer and artist.

Carol Bachofner (1947) Abenaki - poet.

Donna M. Loring (1948) Penobscot - broadcaster and author.

Marie Battiste (1949) Mi’kmaq - author and educator.

Cheryl Savageau (1950) 1/4 Abenaki, 3/4 French - poet and writer.

Christine Sioui-Wawanoloath (1952) Abenaki / Wyandot - writer and artist.

Faith Nolan (1957) Mi’kmaq, African-Canadian, Irish - singer-songwriter and guitarist.

Theresa Secord (1958) Penobscot - artist, basketmaker, geologist, and activist.

Obom / Diane Obomsawin (1959) Abenaki - filmmaker, author, and illustrator.

Suzanne Rancourt (1959) Abenaki - poet.

Wendy Matthews (1960) Abenaki, Spanish, Scottish - singer-songwriter.

LuAnn de Lesseps (1965) Mi’kmaq, French / Algonquin, French - model, tv personality, and author.

Candy Palmater (1968) Mi’kmaq / Unspecified White - comedian and broadcaster.

Amanda Landry (1969) Mi’kmaq, Egyptian, Portuguese, English - actress.

Julie Berry (1980) Maliseet - television personality and producer.

Ursula Johnson (1980) Mi’kmaq - artist.

Jessica Harmon (1985) Mi’kmaq / Unspecified White - actress.

Nikki Gould / Nakuset Gould (1995) 3/4 Mi’kmaq, 1/4 Italian - actress.

Cynde Harmon (?) Mi’kmaq - filmmaker.

Donna Lynn (?) Metis of Mi’kmaq descent - musician (Alpha).

Katherine Sorbey (?) Mi’kmaq - actress.

Vanassa Sebastian (?) Passamaquoddy - actress.

Trina Roache (?) Mi’kmaq, Maliseet, Passamaquoddy - video journalist.

Savvy Simon / Savvannah Simon / Savvy UnLtd (?) Mi’kmaq - Youtuber (MsNativeWarrior).

Molls (?) Maliseet - Model and Instagrammer (thewavybabe).

Sherri Mitchell / Weh'na Ha'mu Kwasset (?) Penobscot - author, teacher, attorney, and activist.

Melody / Le Bas-fond (?) Abenaki, Nahuatl, Mexica - singer, composer, and artist.

Nadia George (?) Mi'kmaq, Irish - actress.

Lisa Brooks (?) Abenaki, Polish - writer, historian, and professor.

Phyllis Grant (?) Mi’kmaq - artist.

Maggie Paul (?) Maliseet, Passamaquoddy - teacher and song carrier.

Kalolin Johnson (?) Mi’kmaq - singer.

Amy Sark (?) Mi’kmaq / Unspecified - actress, director, and writer.

Murdena Marshall (?) Mi’kmaq - writer.

Lina Longtoe (?) Abenaki - filmmaker.

Rebecca Thomas (?) Mi’kmaq - poet.

Ingrid Brooks (?) Mi’kmaq - artist, dancer, and fashion designer.

M:

Charles Norman Shay (1928) Penobscot - writer.

Daniel N. Paul (1938) Mi'kmaq - author, columnist, and human rights activist.

Gray Wolf / John Williams (1940) Abenaki - mixed martial artist.

Joseph Bruchac (1942) Abenaki, English, Slovak - writer.

Billy Kidd / William Winston Kidd (1943) Abenaki, Unspecified White - alpine ski racer.

Bobby Kimball (1947) Cajun [French, Breton, remote Mi’kmaq], German, English, Scottish, Irish, French, and Scots-Irish/Northern Irish,Spanish - singer, songwriter and musician.

Donald Soctomah (1955) Passamaquoddy - filmmaker, author, historian, and politician.

Don Ross (1960) Mi'kmaq, Scottish - fingerstyle guitarist.

Mitch Longley (1965) Penobscot, Passamaquoddy - actor.

Everett Sanipass (1968) Mi’kmaq - ice hockey player.

Glen Gould (1971) Mi’kmaq / Italian - actor, director, and producer.

Jesse Bruchac (1972) Abenaki, English, Slovak / Unspecified - musician, writer, MMA instructor, dialect coach, and translator.

Fred St-Gelais (1974) French, with distant English, Mi’kmaq, Portuguese, Scottish, Swiss-French - songwriter, composer, record producer and multi-instrumentalist.

Jon Pardi (1985) Italian, German, English, Swiss-German, Irish, French, at least 1/16 Mi’kmaq - singer, songwriter and record producer.

Richard Harmon (1991) Mi’kmaq / Unspecified White - actor.

Cody Christian (1995) Penobscot / English - actor.

Levi Marshall (1998) Mi’kmaq - filmmaker.

Thomas Clair (?) Mi'kmaq, Black Canadian, Unspecified White - actor.

Michael Jarvis (?) Mi'kmaq, Black Canadian, Unspecified White - director and writer.

Thunder Herney (?) Mi’kmaq - musician.

Devon Paul (?) Mi’kmaq - rapper.

Beaatz (?) Mi’kmaq - MC and producer.  

Gareth Laffely (?) Mi’kmaq, Cree - singer.

NB:

Alec Butler (1959) Metis of Mi’kmaq, Irish, and French descent - Trans Man and Two-Spirit (he/him/his/they/them/theirs) - playwright and filmmaker.

Jeremy Dutcher (1990) Maliseet - Two-Spirit (he/him/his) - singer, pianist, composer, musicologist, and activist.

Geo Soctomah Neptune (?) Passamaquoddy - Two Spirit (they/them/theirs) - master basket maker, storyteller, educator, and performance artist.

Problematic:

Jared Leto (1971) English, Cajun/French, Irish, German, Scottish, Spanish, remote Dutch and Mi’kmaq - actor, singer-songwriter, and director. - Rape accusations, accusations of preying on underage girls/pedophilia, sexually harassed his fellow cast members of Suicide Squad, otherwise harassed his fellow cast members of Suicide Squad, transphobic comments, appropriated Japanese Yakuza tattoos, played a Japanese character in “The Outsider”, and played a trans woman character in “Dallas Buyers Club”.

[houseofgriffons]

“Detective Emma Lynch, ordinary human.”

FC. Tashi Rodriguez

Age : 27

Ethnic origins : Puerto Rican & Abenaki

Height : 5'9

Style : Subdued

Appartment : Cosy

Nickname : Em

Distinguishing mark : two tatoos (as of yet, probably more to come); a crescent moon behind her right ear, stylized geometric arrow pattern on her spine.

Personnality

Charming / Intimidating

Impulsive / Cautious

Sarcastic / Genuine

Friendly / Stoic

Easygoing / Stubborn

Traits 

Heart / Mind

Optimist / Pessimist

Team Player / Independant

Skills

People       ★ ★  ☆ ☆ ☆

Combat      ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Science      ★ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆

Deduction  ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

By the book / Bend the rules 

Relationships

A : Flirt 11, Friend 6

N : Good Teammates 

F : Totally Mates

M : Best Friend

Rebecca : 60% - sour past relationship

Bobby : Ex from college, sour spot, jerk

Mayor Friedman : 1

Police Captain : 1

Story

Before the game 

Kira was born and raised in Wayhaven, Vermont (Headcanon WH location cause I think it’s cool) to Blake and Rebecca Hudson. She spent most of her childhood with her father, walking around the woods, playing the guitar with him… even if his job took most of his time. Well not as much as her mom, though, who could be absent from weeks on end. She had a cool nanny, though, a big bearded man you’d think would be more fitted for woodcutting than childcare. Her dad’s passing when she was 6 (HC again, I want her to know her dad more) left her confused and angry, and physical activites wasn’t always enough to channel it. Rebecca took the brunt of it, it’s easier to have someone to blame, than to have nowhere to let your anger go. Her curious mind and physical disposition got her through the first stage of education with ease, and she was able to go to university in the Big City to study criminal justice, where she met Bobby and dated him for a while until… Well, you know (asshole.) Though she actually started working at the Wayhaven precinct at 21 after obtaining her Bachelor’s degree, she continued to study for her Master’s degree, leading to 2 exhausting years juggling work and university. She never expected to become a detective this early, only 6 years after she started.

In Game

Kira joined the police force because she had to in order to avoid jail time. When meeting Unit Bravo, she actually resolved to shoot Adam, despite never having shot at a live target before. She doesn’t go out as much as she would like because she is so taken with her job, nor does she date, having a hard time opening up to people in a romantic way. She accepted the existence of the Supernatural pretty quick, being very excited to learn more about them, but she was wary about the Agency and thus did not do the tests they wanted. 

Despite their jarring differences and the animosity between them, she cannot help but feel pulled towards Adam, to the delight of Felix and Nate it would seem. When facing Murphy, she got bitten on the neck and joined in the fight against him, managing to inject him with the dangerous pure DBM.

 Now word is there’s a carnival coming to town, which is a very excitng prospect ! But the strange growing illness is definitely a concern. But she is thankful to have Unit Bravo with her, more than happy to join her friends, even if the situation with Adam is most… Confusing.

Hobbies 

- Music /listening to it, finding cool vinyls, playing the guitar, a bit of singing/

- Walking /whether it’s walking around the city, or hiking in the forest around Wayhaven. She used to go fishing with her nanny on the week-ends/

- Training /she likes to stay in shape and spends some time each week at the gym. Imagining the training dummy is either Bobby, Murphy or Adam helps a lot./

- Reading /Mostly non-fiction, she enjoys learning new things/

- Cooking /She’s not the best baker, as she prefers winging it. Her dish may not be the most visually appealing, but they sure taste good. She likes brewing her own weird drinks too/

- Thrift - Antiquity shopping /Her apartment is a clutter of strange curiosities she’s found in yard sales, thrift shops and antique shops. She enjoys looking for that one thing that sparks her interest/

[dear-indies]

hey, guys! could i bother you guys for some fc help? i'm looking for half-white & half-native fcs, late teens to mid twenties, preferably. and also male fc also native but around 35-45. thanks so much for any help you can offer!

All older faceclaims listed have younger roles:

Keisha Castle-Hughes (1990) Maori / English.

Natasha Negovanlis (1990) Metis / Greek. 

Richard Harmon (1991) Mi’kmaq / Unspecified White.

Mali-Koa Hood (1991) Maori / Scottish.

Jessica Clarke (1992) Maori, Russian - might not half but worth a mention. 

Nizhoni Cooley (1993) Navajo, Mexican, Irish, Czechoslovakian- might not half but worth a mention.

Cody Christian (1995) Penobscot / English 

Nikki Gould (1995) ¾ Mi’kmaq, ¼ Italian - not half but worth a mention.

Alex Aiono (1996) Maori, Samoan / Danish, English, German, Scottish, Irish, Swiss, Welsh.

Genevieve Fisher (?) Ojibwe, Italian- might not half but worth a mention.

and:

TRUE / David John Riggins (1986) Blackfoot, African-American / German, Russian - not half but worth a mention.

Glen Gould (1971) Mi’kmaq / Italian.

Blair Strang (1972) Maori / Unspecified White.

Jesse Bruchac (1972) Abenaki, English, Slovak / Unspecified - not half but worth a mention.

Jemaine Clement (1974) Maori / French, Irish, German, English.

Callan Mulvey (1975) ¼ Maori, ¾ Scottish - not half but worth a mention.

Shaun Taylor-Corbett (1978) Blackfoot / UnspecifiedWhite.

Ikaika Kahoano (1978) Native Hawaiian, Dutch, English, German, some Irish / Portuguese, possibly other- not half but worth a mention.

Luke Steele (1979) Maori / Russian, Belarusian.

Please remember that tribes shouldn’t be cast interchangeably! -C

[dear-indies]

Hello! This is not exactly rp-related, but I'm doing some fanart that will include a First Nation character, and I'm hoping you can help me find a fc for reference, or direct me to someone who can, please? I *think* he is of the Abenaki tribe, but the book isn't very clear on this, and he could also easily be from any Iroquois tribe from Quebec. I can work with faceclaims of any age. Thank you so much for your help!!

anon: Hello, it’s the First Nation fanart anon again! I re-re-read the canon material and it would seem the character is *not* actually from the Abenaki tribe… rather, he is most likely of the Iroquois Confederacy (comprised of the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca First Nations, according to the Canadian govt website). 

Robbie Robertson (74) Mohawk.

Graham Greene (65) Oneida.

Gary Farmer (64) the Cayuga Nation and Wolf Clan of the Haudenosaunee/Iroquois Confederacy.

Tyler Christopher (44) Seneca & Choctaw Nations ancestry. 

Derek Miller (42/43) Mohawk.

Michael Hudson (??) Mohawk.

Aaron Printup (??) Tuscarora.

Tyler Hill (??) Mohawk.

Bear Witness (??) Cayuga - I’d google “Bear Witness A Tribe Called Red” to get images of him since it’s a pretty common phrase.

DJ Shub (??) Mohawk.

Tim “2oolman” Hill (??) Mohawk.

Orris Edwards (?) stared in Crooked Arrows - Iroquois-Onondaga.

Brendt Thomas Diabo (?) Mohawk.

Logan Staats (??) and Jace Martin (?)  I don’t know their exact tribe but he’s from the Six Nations Reserve so they’re one of the 6 of the Iroquois.

The Iroquois includes the Tuscarora too! 

Thanks to @olivaraofrph for most of these suggestions! -C