Hudson, H. E., (February 2020). The Impact of Internet Access in Indigenous Communities in Canada and the United States: An Overview of Findings and Guidelines for Research. The Internet Society
As you begin to read this essay, you come across a quote from Lucassie Arragutainaq, manager of the Sanikiluaq Hunters and Trappers Association, Nunavut. “We’re copying what our parents used to do, but in modern ways.”. It is encouraging to see the author acknowledging those Indigenous members that collaborated with and aided her in the development of her work, using and displaying their knowledge to the world. I can’t find any information on whether Dr. Heather E. Hudson is Indigenous, so I believe she is a non-Indigenous scholar. The essay examines the impact of the internet on Indigenous communities in the U.S. and Canada. The report goes on to study how online software and games are being developed to safeguard and promote Indigenous languages and to share Indigenous knowledge and culture. I’m hoping to learn more about how western technology is being used to strengthen Indigenous communities and their connections to their land.