Tag Archives: Indigenous Language

Indigenous Knowledge Systems #2

This site explores ways to more effectively utilize the traditional knowledge systems and ways of knowing that are embedded in Indigenous communities to enrich the school curriculum and enliven the learning experiences of the students. It touched on several topics, including: the convergence between Indigenous knowledge and western science, Ethno-mathematics, Indigenous Language Learning, Cross-Generational Teaching, Place-based Learning, Cultural Systems: Complexity and Learning.

http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/curriculum/Articles/barnhardtKawagley/Indigenous_Knowledge.html

First Voices Keyboards #2

https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/firstvoices-keyboards/id1066651145?mt=8

Similar to my previous post, this app is also developed by the First Peoples’ Cultural Council. It is an Indigenous language keyboard app for Apple and Android mobile devices.

“The FirstVoices Keyboard App contains keyboard software for over 100 languages, and includes every First Nations language in Canada, Australia and New Zealand, plus many languages in the USA.”

Several Indigenous people I know recommend this app, as it allows them to communicate in emails, texts, social media, etc., in their mother tongue. It provides the syllabics and characters that the QWERTY keyboard does not.