Hmm.
1.) I'm a First Nations Canadian; meaning my ancestors have been here loooong before all the other settlements began to grow and populate Canada, thus pushing the other tribes out. Pretty neat, I guess. It means I get a few benefits when it comes to the government, but it's not really a substantial thing other than that. Also I share a birthday with Dr. Seuss (March 2nd).
2.) Quite a few of the main protagonists in Time Gate are based off real people. I think there's only 3 characters in Time Gate so far, if I've counted right, that are purely original and don't have a real life inspiration for their design (this would be Solomon Crys, Coach Ruin, and Mitsuhiro Minamimoto). Some of them are family members, some of them are best friends, and others are people that were just lucky and interesting enough to get thrown into the pot.
Mikumi, Yashiro, and Saichi are all based off real characters though, as are Makoto, Higashizawa, Chiyo, etc.