A few days ago, Jennifer Wemigwans with Invert Media sent me a message suggesting a resource for the Ethnos Project Resource Database: Four Directions Teachings. Thought I’d step it up a notch and dedicate a post to the site. Four Directions is a vibrant and interactive online experience with an […]
Blackfoot • Cree • education • First Nations • Haudenosaunee • indigenous / traditional knowledge • Mi'kmaq • Mohawk • Ojibwe / Ojibway • oral traditionFirstVoices Chat App enables Indigenous language speakers to text in their own language
FirstVoices Chat From the First Peoples’ Cultural Council press release (in full below): Brentwood Bay, B.C. – FirstVoices Chat, an Indigenous language texting app for Facebook Chat and Google Talk, is now available at the Apple App Store as a free download for iPad, iTouch and iPhone. The app contains […]
aboriginal • application • cultural heritage • First Nations • FirstVoices • indigenous language • language | preservation • revitalization • smart phone • tablet / iPad • youthDreamcatcher Informatics
The Dreamcatcher Informatics project In 2009-2010, the Ontario Ministry of Tourism, Culture, and Sport recommended the Dreamcatcher Informatics project (under the auspices of the Department of Environment and Resources Studies at the University of Waterloo) for funding under the Creative Communities Prosperity Fund – a $50,000 grant. Here is the […]
aboriginal • community informatics • First Nations • indigenous communities • mapping • Mississauga • Ontario | CanadaDreamcatcher Informatics: Information Technology to Support Indigenous Peoples
This post is about a project that hasn’t quite finished incubating, but looks very interesting from the perspective of community memory, cultural mapping, and land use consultation. What follows is cobbled together from different sources… The Dreamcatcher Informatics project In 2009-2010, the Ontario Ministry of Tourism, Culture, and Sport recommended […]
aboriginal • community informatics • First Nations • indigenous communities • mapping • Mississauga • Ontario | CanadaOpen Source Native Language App Code
Ogoki Learning Systems Inc. is releasing their App code for free The following text is from the Ogoki Learning Systems Inc. website: Would you like your own Aboriginal language app for the iPad, iPhone or Touch? Your language app can look like Ojibway – People and Language iPhone app Build your own […]
aboriginal • design • First Nations • indigenous language • mobile • Ogoki Learning Systems • Ojibwe / Ojibway • smart phone • youthOgoki Learning Systems Releases Open Source Native Language App Code
Ogoki Learning Systems Inc. is releasing their App code for free The following text is from the Ogoki Learning Systems Inc. website: Would you like your own Aboriginal language app for the iPad, iPhone or Touch? Your language app can look like Ojibway – People and Language iPhone app Build your own […]
aboriginal • design • First Nations • indigenous language • mobile • Ogoki Learning Systems • Ojibwe / Ojibway • smart phone • youthRepatriation, Digital Media, and Culture in the Virtual Museum
A presentation by Kate Hennessy. Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by the School of Library, Archival, and Information Studies (SLAIS). Many Canadian First Nations and Aboriginal organizations are using digital media to revitalize their languages and assert control over the representation of their cultures. […]
aboriginal • cultural heritage • culture • digital collections • Doig River • ethnography • First Nations • indigenous communities • intellectual property • language | preservation • museum • repatriation • virtual museumTechnology Snapshot: Indigenous Language & Cultural Preservation
How is the web impacting aboriginal communities? Phillip Djwa’s work focuses on the key components of social responsibility through technology. He’s worked for a wide variety of technology companies in senior positions for many years. Now, through Agentic Communications, which is a web development company that works with progressive organizations […]
aboriginal • archive • endangered language • First Nations • FirstVoices • indigenous communities • indigenous language • language | preservation • QR code • Quechua • video game