This article by Ellen L. Lutz (2005) also highlights some of the challenge faced by Indigenous communities when considering technology. In today’s modern world, technology integration affords greater opportunity, and thus power over those who choose not to employ the technology. Therefore, Lutz argues that intentional use of technology can be seen as a way of protecting Indigenous peoples from subordination. She highlights an example from Terence Turner (1992) of the Kayapo people living in Northern Brazil being given video cameras and recording equipment. The use of this technology allowed them to objectify their culture both to the benefit of members of the community, and affording them the power to control their own narrative and make use of media technologies for political action.
The core message here is that Indigenous communities should be afforded equal access to technology and training, with self-determination for how those technologies are employed once they have developed an understanding of what the technology offers.
References
Lutz, E. L. (2005, June 1). The Many Meanings of Technology. Cultural Survival. https://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/many-meanings-technology.
Turner, T. (1992). Defiant Images: The Kayapo Appropriation of Video. Anthropology Today, 8(6), 5. https://doi.org/10.2307/2783265