Hoping to have a conversation about the future of our movement. As i said at the beginning, we have been an incredible initiative, an incredible movement, an Incredible Community of people for 15 years now. We have achieved a tremendous amount. And one of the things that i think im hearing as i go around and talk to people is gosh, weve achieved all of this and got this incredible momentum and these resources and were perhaps positioned in way today that we have never been positioned before to take advantage of the opportunities that are out there, the hard challenges in front of us, and the imperative to bring more people into our movement to make it the thing we want it to be. And how do we go about doing this . What gets us moving in the same direction together or at least sets out a direction in which we can all bring our unique resources, capacity, and skills in the contexts and cultures in which we work wom . What is the next mountain we want to climb . Its not that were done yet. We have so much more to do. This isnt about saying that were taking on something thats given than the encyclopedia or building out commons or anything along those lines. Its about saying, what are the next set of milestones that we want to achieve together and how are we actually going to think about resourcing and structuring ourselves to do it and to support the individuals in this room and elsewhere who are going to make this change possible . So were going to have that conversation, i hope, over the next six months. And i want to invite all of you to participate in it. In january of 2017, the Wikimedia Foundation will be kicking off a movementwide strategic consultation. And its not for the Wikimedia Foundation. Its for the movement. Over the course of the next few weeks well be reaching out, if we havent already, to you asking for your participation in how exactly that conversation should happen, what it should look like, how you would want to participate, and then thinking about what is it that we want at the end of that. Because we want to make sure its about creating a space in which every Voice Matters and every person can share what their perspective on the future of what our movement can be. I hope that with your participation, inclusivity will be at the top of this conversation. But i know there are many other subjects were going to want to take on as well. So im going to ask you to add a page to your watch list. And im going to ask you to read more. There is a page up on meta that talks about what it is that we want to do in terms of the strategy consultation. It also has a talk page. I encourage you to leave your thoughts there. I also encourage you to come to a session tomorrow at 5 00, what is the best way for you to participate in a conversation about our future. What are your hopes for that conversation . What are your fears for that conversation . How can we make sure that that conversation gets us to a place where we all feel as though it is the place that we want to go, that your voices have been heard, that the important voices who are not already in this conversation have space to join . 5 00 tomorrow. I believe the details are on the schedule. Thank you. Thats it. Im going to leave it there on the strategy consultation. The fun is about to begin. We are going to have an incredible two days today and tomorrow, coming together, talking about inclusivity, talking about where we can go as a movement. Im so excited were here together in san diego. Im so excited this is wiki conference north america with all the participation and the diversity that that means. And i cannot wait to get started. Thank you so much and have a yay [ applause ] my name is andrew lih. Im on english wikipedia, a lot of you may know me. I teach about wikipedia, ive written about wikipedia. We have inclusivity as the theme of this conference. It was such a great theme to work with because part of inclusivity is to include people from all walks of life to help enhance, correct, and extend the historical record. Thats pretty much what wikipedia does, by allowing anyone to edit any page at any time. So we really wanted to meaningfully engage with this theme, especially with this Indigenous Peoples weekend herein in Southern California. Eve written a book called is in the wikipedia revolution. I think the true revolution of wikipedia is allowing more than just the winners to write the history books. Why is this important . Because when we talk about education, what do you think about . You think of k12, you think of curricula. You think of syllabus. You think of diplomas. But if you think about this, how much of our learning happens informally outside the classroom, especially for the rest of your life after your formal schooling . This Lifelong Learning depends on museums, libraries, journalism, and now wikipedia as part of that mix. As irwin said, it has disrupted the ecosystem but with great side effects. In a sense, this type of freely distributed Lifelong Learning online and through wikipedia was the innovation of the enlightenment, right . Journals, encyclopedias, museums were a product of this 1700s movement. Scientific and rational thought challenged established authorities of the monarchy and you suddenly had people creating content outside those two poles of authority. But the problem with this is, as the authority devolved out of the church and of the monarchy, the viewpoint of the enlightenment was still very much a western perspective. So the term today, encyclopedia museum, has been up for debate. Its a very big debate in the museum world. Some see it as pejorative, to describe a method for western museums to extract and display artifacts outside their original location. Its against this context that a new wave of museums have opened up, especially in washington, dc, where we do a lot of our editing and our editathons. The museum of the American Indian was one of the hallmarks of this in dc. The newly opened museum of africanAmerican History and culture is another example of this. Sherry, myself, and jim hayes stood in line and had an editathon in line at 5 00 a. M. In the morning. [ applause ] yes, they thought we were nuts when we were doing that. So weve had several editat n editathons to backtrack and edit articles such as poke ahon pocahantas, thanksgiving, the gold rush, and you wouldnt think would have had implications on native americans. They worked with wikipedia editors. They contacted us to look at these seven episodes in native American History that they were going to have an exhibit on. It was wikipedians interacting and being sought by museums. We asked the National Museum of the American Indian who should we have, they immediately pointed to two folks. Stan rodriguez and michael conley. Were very happy to have them as our speakers this weekend here at the conference. When we mentioned we were working with them to other folks as well, we got even more interest. One of the interesting things is when we were talking to stan and michael, they mentioned they were working with the museum of man at balboa park. And just by great coincidence we had this great balboa park friday editathon. Yesterday we had a great conversation with the ceo of the museum, the museum of man, talking about this new orientation that theyre trying to take, the safely type of thing, decolonizing the museum of man as an anthropology museum. And stan and michael are a part of that effort. And they have been working with the museum of man on a new exhibit on astronomy. We had some folks work on that article yesterday, ivan and some other folks. They worked on that article and looked at the exhibit and improved the article based on what they found at the exhibit. So things are coming full circle in terms of our speakers and what our editors have been doing with the content theyve been contribute to go that museum. So innovative museums are trying to break out of this pattern and seeing wikipedia as an ally. Im happy to introduce stan rodriguez, a navy veteran, a native linguist and an inspired musical can rattler, devout educator and student of native culture. Ive heard he has some great treats for us in that area. He was named the 2015 American Indian heritage month local hero by the pbs affiliate here in san diego. In his nomination, it said stan has touched the lives of so many of us, tribal and nontribal alike, in his love of teaching to all of us his culture through his language and tool making. And stanley appears in the documentary, called pbs presence first people. He filled several advising and teaching roles in the san diego native communities. He is a member of the band of the nation which aims to improve lives through Economic Development and cultural preservation. He sits on the board of a group whose vision is to strengthen language and cultural reviolate revitalization. Hes also a board member of the community college, a school with a special focus on history and culture but also provides computer courses as well. The college is open to native and nonnative students and its my pleasure to introduce Stan Rodrigues rriguez to talk to u. [ applause ] [ speaking Foreign Language ] for the rest of you, my name is stan rodriguez, and i am kumeyaay. I want to welcome all of you here to the land of our people, the land of our people, the kumeyaay. Before we start this, the last speaker, i just wanted to say, it really touched my heart what you said. When we talk about inclusiveness, i heard other people speak, talking about the San Diego Public Library and wikipedia. For our people, we have a saying, that when an elder passes away, its like a library burning down. And what a library is, is knowledge. The knowledge of the past, the present, and where are we going in the future. And for all of us to come together, we call it in kumeyaay a we come together to share, to share this, our knowledge. This is what we do for our people, for all the people. So that we gain more. You know, how many of you like to eat . Okay. When i like potato salad myself. But i cant see me eating potato salad for the rest of my life and thats it. Theres got to be more. And thats what all of us bring here together. We bring that knowledge. We bring these things. And inclusive, to me, i wont even say inclusive. I will say to celebrate, to celebrate the diversity and all the knowledge that we have. Now, what was your name . Katherine. And your name . Come to me, samantha. Watch this. Real quick. Im in graduate school. Im in my second year of my Doctoral Program at ucsd. And i have a class right now, and my professor, i told him, im at a conference. And he doesnt believe me. So i want to ask all of you, how many of you are in the Witness Protection Program . Im going to take this to my professor. Anyway, thank you. So anyway, what were going to be talking about today is the land, my people, the kumeyaay people. One of the things about our people, the kumeyaay people, first of all, how many of you ever heard of our people . You guys are pretty educated. About half of you. The other half of you never heard about us. Well, let me ask you this. How many of you speak any of the kumeyaay language . Okay. I want all of you to look at me. You are wrong. You do speak. How many of you ever heard of the name tijuana . What is tijuana mean . Just say it, man. It means south of the border. Thats one interpretation. What else . Whats that . Aunt jane. South of the border. Aunt jane, south of the border. Okay. Actually its a corruption of a kumeyaay word, it means by the ocean. The spanish, they changed it around. How many of you ever heard of la jolla . What does la jolla mean . The jewel. That is a corruption of a kumeyaay word, which means the place of the caves. How many of you ever heard of palomar, like palomar mountain, the observatory . What does that mean . Youre not even trying anymore. In kumeyaay, it means to win with arrows. I know the people who speak spanish say, no, it doesnt. It does, it means to win with arrows. How many of you ever heard of takate or had a takate . Its another corruption of a kumeyaay word, which means a man who chops wood. How about otai, any of you ever been to otai, the border . It means weed. Not this kind of weed but the other kind of weed that grows. So ladies and gentlemen, through wikipedia, youve learned how to speak some kumeyaay. Are you good . Okay. [ applause ] again, we want to welcome you here to this land, the land of our people, the land of the kumeyaay. And i just wanted to say, our tribe is on both sides of the border. On this side of the border, there is 12 kumeyaay reservations. On the other side of the border, there is really six reservations. Any of you ever been to baja . A few of you have been to baja. The rest of you, are you from out of town . Watch this, man. Go check it out while youre here. Go run down there to that other country which is really my country, which is really kumeyaay territory. Its a beautiful place. A lot of history. The reason im bringing all this up is because our keepeople, th kumeyaay people, we have had to endure three waves of encroachment. The spanish wave, which happened on september 28th, 1542, with cabrio rodriguez, not related to me. He came in here and started it. 200 years later, the invasion happened. A lot of people read that the indians of california, we had missions and we loved it. We didnt. And we were peaceful. No, we werent. And we just disappeared. No, were still here. And weve been conquered. No, we havent. So well be talking about that today. Were going to be talking a little bit about that. Then the mexican era, well be talking about that. And then this present era and the things that away had to endure. And were still continuing to how would you say, we continue to survive. We continue to live. So oh, ive got to operate this. All right. As we say in kumeyaay, a long time ago, before contact, our people, we say weve been here since the beginning of time. However, archeologists, anthropologists, Say Something different. I know those guys. They come to visit us too. They say weve been here, you know, 7,500 years, and prior to that, you know, if you go into the desert, youll see many Different Things, mounds, pi pictographs, things like that. People say close to the migration, people were coming down the coast. Before i continue with this, im giving you whats called the kmart blue light special version, because this is a lot, and im going to shorten it up, because my colleague, who is also one of my teachers, mike conley, hes going to be giving a presentation on monday. And hes going to be giving much more detail on this. So a little bit, the la jolla culture, shellfish, things like that. Did you know that the beach that we have here, it went back a lot farther. Theres actually villages that are submerged. And the human people, the kumeyaay people, we speak a human dialect. How many of you are into languages . Wow, thats beautiful, man. Our people are human dialect of the hokan language family. Were a very old group. Weve been here for a long, long, long time. And kumeyaay, i would venture to say, we are the most southwest of all the southwestern tribes. Later on, the groups came in, serranos. This is kumeyaay territory. You see it goes on both sides of the border. Before contact, our people were governed by a family. Now everybody here comes from a family, right . How many of you ever worked with native American People . Okay. One of the first things welcome to our territory. Well ask you, hey, who is your family and where are you from . We want to find out where youre from and who your family is. Why do you think we want to know who your family is . Well, ill tell you why. Because we want to find out if youre related to us. The people i come from are dark cloud, and the owl clans. Guess what, if youre owl clan, youre my relatively. That means okay. If youre not, okay, thats a different thing too. Thats a how you find out if youre going to subjugate somebody. Date somebody. As far as land goes, its a complicated system. The way it works is, in our area, our family controls that area. Who is not a veg tear yan here . Youre not. Okay. Lets say you shoot a deer, it comes into our territory, even though its ours, you shot that deer, go ahead, you can pass, because you need to get that. In you come over to pick acorns, unless you have a permit, no. Its a complicated system. Thats how we work. We are a people of the oceans, the mountains, the deserts. We have all those topographical eras that we deal with. Old town, how many of you have been out to old town . Thats one of the that was where a kumeyaay village used to be at. So the people in those areas, they would dry shellfish, people would come in from the mountains and the desert in the springtime to gather. They would trade sea shells for things out in the desert, things like that. Planting. Some people would say, the kumeyaay people were digger indians. We had no agricultural expertise at all. We just gathered. How many of you are into agriculture here . You agriculture people, you agriculture people, our people were into agriculture. Because of the soil conditions here, it was not conducive to growing corn. But the kumeyaay in the desert grew corn. Our people planted acorns for oak trees. And trade and commerce, any of you ever been on i8 . Thats a kumeyaay trail. I5, another kumeyaay trail. And quarries out in Different Things that we would gather, like red ochre, the paint used for trade, out by the salton sea, obsidian butte, one of the other places in Southern California where obsidian was. Now, were looking at the major languages. Do you all see that . Im used to walking. One of the things about california was the diversity in languages and culture here. California had more language diversity than any other place in the world, aside from papua, new guinea. You could go like ten, 20 miles to the east, youll run into a group that speaks a completely different language. Two miles north, different language. So what do you think happened . Our people learned to speak more than one language. How many of you here speak more than one language . Doesnt that give you a warm and fuzzy . To be able to communicate, because communication is important. Thats what we do. How many of you noticed, you may speak something in one language, its not easy to convey at times the way the thinking in an