WARNING: This website contains images, names and stories of Aboriginal people who have passed away. Mira (Martu Wangka): to bring something hidden into the light Mira represents the culmination of FORM’s award-winning Canning Stock Route Project, which was initiated in 2006 and has involved over 250 Aboriginal participants, over 100 […]
aboriginal • archive • artists • cultural heritage • digital collections • elder • intangible • repatriationPush-button Activism: the use of technology by Townsville Aboriginal activists
Abstract In an increasingly technological age, the internet is becoming a primary source of networking. From common interest groups to business meetings, many members of western society have at least a minor presence on ‘Web 2.0’. Social movements, like every other aspect of life, have become increasingly reliant on the […]
2010 • aboriginal • activism • Australia • listserv • social change • web 2.0Pama-Nyungan reconstruction: Exploration of Australian Linguistic Prehistory
Abstract The earliest detailed records of Australia’s indigenous languages date from approximately two hundred years ago, and therefore our only access to the prehistory of Australia’s indigenous past is through reconstruction in archeology and linguistics. While we know that humans have lived in Australia for more than 40,000 years, we […]
aboriginal • Australia • Google • indigenous language • linguistic prehistory • mapping • Pama-Nyungan reconstructionNarrating Aboriginality On-Line: Digital Storytelling, Identity and Healing
Introduction In Taking Back Our Spirits , Jo-Ann Episkenew (2009) writes of the significance of indigenous literature as a “medicine” in healing the wounds of “colonial contagion.” This healing process, according to Episkenew, is articulated through the spoken and written words of Aboriginal writers. These counter-narratives challenge what she terms the master […]
2013 • aboriginal • colonization / colonialism • digital storytelling • empower • healing • identity • indigenous communitiesAboriginal Mapping Network
The Aboriginal Mapping Network (AMN) was established in 1998 as a joint initiative of the Gitxsan and Ahousaht First Nations and Ecotrust Canada. Over the years the network has grown from its humble beginnings as a knowledge sharing forum for local First Nations technicians, leaders and decision makers to become […]
aboriginal • Ahousaht • First Nations • GIS • Gitxsan • indigenous / traditional knowledge • mapping • networkLanguage app: Yugambeh
Yugambeh Museum has recently launched Queensland’s First Aboriginal Language App for Apple and Android. If you click on the link below it will show you our fully functioning app on your computer screen. Yugambeh Australian Aboriginal language from the Gold Coast, Logan and Scenic Rim regions in Queensland, at your […]
aboriginal • indigenous language • language | preservation • language app • YugambehNative American and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA)
The Native American and Indigenous Studies Association is a professional organization dedicated to supporting scholars and others who work in the academic field of Native American and Indigenous studies. Founded in 2008, NAISA hosts the premier scholarly meeting in Native studies. The association has more than 700 members from over […]
aboriginal • First Nations • indigenous studies • Native American • researchUnited Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII or PFII) is the UN’s central coordinating body for matters relating to the concerns and rights of the world’s indigenous peoples. “Indigenous person” means native, original, first people and aboriginal. There are more than 370 million indigenous people in some 70 […]
aboriginal • indigenous issues • United Nations • UNPFIIAboriginal Indigenous Languages Map
David R Horton is the creator of the Indigenous Language Map. This map is based on language data gathered by Aboriginal Studies Press, AIATSIS and Auslig/Sinclair, Knight, Merz, (1996). The map attempts to represent all of the language or tribal or nation groups of Indigenous people of Australia. The Indigenous […]
aboriginal • AIATSIS • Australia • indigenous language • language map • mappingFirstVoices
FirstVoices is a suite of web-based tools and services designed to support Aboriginal people engaged in language archiving, language teaching & culture revitalization. The FirstVoices Language Archive contains thousands of text entries in many diverse Aboriginal writing systems, enhanced with sounds, pictures and videos. A companion set of interactive online […]
aboriginal • archive • culture | preservation • First Nations • FirstVoices • indigenous languageGwich’in Social and Cultural Institute
We are one of the most northerly aboriginal peoples on the North American continent, living at the northwestern limits of the boreal forest. Only the Inuit live further north. We are part of a larger family of Aboriginal people known as Athapaskans, which include peoples such as the Slavey, Dogrib, […]
aboriginal • cultural heritage • Gwich'inResearch on ICTs with Aboriginal Communities (RICTA)
Across Canada, Aboriginal communities are considering how information and communication technologies (ICT) can help them reach their development goals. Research on ICT with Aboriginal Communities (RICTA), a new research cluster, is building a critical mass of knowledge that Aboriginal communities can both contribute to and tap into on their paths […]
aboriginal • Canada • ICTs • indigenous communities • research • RICTASummit Addresses Indigenous Digital Divide in Australia
This post, written by Ethnos Curator Rachael Petersen, originally appeared on the Rising Voices website. Online heritage databases, an indigenous app to connect peoples worldwide, a network of recycled digital devices, and an Aboriginal digital social enterprise are just some of the responses to the focus of a recent summit […]
aboriginal • Australia • conference • design • ICT4D • indigenous • Torres Strait IslanderStone Chips to Silicon Chips: A Grounded Theory of ICT adoption in Australian Indigenous Households
Abstract Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have become an everyday part of life. Communication networks within Australia link financial, educational, government and non-government services to Australian households. Both the 2001 and 2006 Australian Census data demonstrate that Indigenous Australians are 69% less likely to access the Internet at home than […]
aboriginal • Australia • ICTs • theoryTowards a Policy for Remote Indigenous Media and Communications
Daniel Featherstone, General Manager of Indigenous Remote Communications Association (IRCA) of Australia, presents “Why One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Towards a Policy for Remote Indigenous Media and Communications.” The presentation describes the issues of top-down policy and one-size-fits-all programs that often do not have the desired outcomes for remote communities. […]
aboriginal • Australia • policy • telecommunicationsAustralian Indigenous Languages Database (AUSTLANG)
The AUSTLANG system assembles information about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages from various sources. The core of AUSTLANG is the AUSTLANG database (online Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages database) which is linked to Google Maps. The system also facilitates access to other databases, PDF files and links to […]
aboriginal • database • indigenous language • language map • Torres Strait IslanderIndigiTUBE: the voice of remote indigenous Australia
Accoring to their website, IndigiTUBE is an online community for sharing and accessing media made by and for Indigenous people in remote Australia. For many years Indigenous Australians have used media to keep language and culture strong. This has included video, radio, music and more recently a wide range of […]
aboriginal • Australia • digital collections • videoLanguage app: Nazko-Dakelh
The Nazko-Dakelh app is a media-rich bilingual dictionary and phrase collection comprised of words and phrases archived at the online Aboriginal language database FirstVoices.com. Word and phrase definitions are illustrated with audio recordings, images and videos. Editing features allow users to customize content by replacing default multimedia with personal pictures, […]
aboriginal • dictionary • FirstVoices • indigenous language • language | preservation • language app • Nazko-DakelhLanguage app: Xeni Gwet’in
The Xeni Gwet’in app is a media-rich bilingual dictionary and phrase collection comprised of words and phrases archived at the online Aboriginal language database FirstVoices.com. Word and phrase definitions are illustrated with audio recordings, images and videos. Editing features allow users to customize content by replacing default multimedia with personal […]
aboriginal • dictionary • FirstVoices • indigenous language • language | preservation • language app • Xeni Gwet'inLanguage app: Secwépemc
The Secwépemc app is a media-rich bilingual dictionary and phrase collection comprised of words and phrases archived at the online Aboriginal language database FirstVoices.com. Word and phrase definitions are illustrated with audio recordings, images and videos. Editing features allow users to customize content by replacing default multimedia with personal pictures, […]
aboriginal • dictionary • FirstVoices • indigenous language • language | preservation • language app • SecwepemctsinLanguage app: FirstVoices Chat
FirstVoices Chat is a multilingual texting app with keypads serving over 100 Indigenous languages. The app was developed in response to First Nation youth who want to communicate via social media in their own languages. Most Indigenous writing systems use unique characters previously unavailable in mobile technologies. Interested in learning […]
aboriginal • chat • dictionary • FirstVoices • indigenous language • language | preservation • language app • multilingual • textingLanguage app: Northern St̕’át̕’imcets
The Northern St̕’át̕’imcets app is a media-rich bilingual dictionary and phrase collection comprised of words and phrases archived at the online Aboriginal language database FirstVoices.com. Word and phrase definitions are illustrated with audio recordings, images and videos. Editing features allow users to customize content by replacing default multimedia with personal […]
aboriginal • dictionary • FirstVoices • indigenous language • language | preservation • language app • Northern St̕'át̕'imcetsLanguage app: Ktunaxa
The Ktunaxa Language app is a media-rich bilingual dictionary and phrase collection comprised of words and phrases archived at the online Aboriginal language database FirstVoices.com. Word and phrase definitions are illustrated with audio recordings, images and videos. Editing features allow users to customize content by replacing default multimedia with personal […]
aboriginal • dictionary • FirstVoices • indigenous language • Ktunaxa • language | preservation • language appLanguage app: Sliammon
The Sliammon app is a media-rich bilingual dictionary and phrase collection comprised of words and phrases archived at the online Aboriginal language database FirstVoices.com. Word and phrase definitions are illustrated with audio recordings, images and videos. Editing features allow users to customize content by replacing default multimedia with personal pictures, […]
aboriginal • dictionary • FirstVoices • indigenous language • language | preservation • language app • SliammonLanguage app: Nisga’a
The Nisg̱a’a app is a media-rich bilingual dictionary and phrase collection comprised of words and phrases archived at the online Aboriginal language database FirstVoices.com. Word and phrase definitions are illustrated with audio recordings, images and videos. Editing features allow users to customize content by replacing default multimedia with personal pictures, […]
aboriginal • dictionary • FirstVoices • indigenous language • language | preservation • language app • Nisga'a