IndigiMap app
Allows you to use VR to see Turtle island and the various languages. It creates an interactive way for people, and I think that students would enjoy being able to interact and try to speak the languages that are included within the app. I would like to see them add stories, such as creation stories, to the app to add more interactions and useability.
Talking Stick is an iOS app for Saskatchewan Indigenous groups to chat anonymously with a First Nations Peer Advocate. They are there to be a place to share good news, frustrations, or just to chat. I tried using the app myself as I am originally from Saskatchewan and found it helpful to speak to people from my community about issues or thoughts I am currently dealing with.
I was able to find many ios apps that are created to help people to learn Indigenous languages, such as Anishinaabemowin, Plains Cree, Blackfoot, Sm’algyax, Stoney, and many others. Although many of these apps only help to teach basic terms and sentences it is great to see that there is such a wide range of languages available to those who are willing to learn.
@dreadfulbird Interact with this so we can spread this message far and wide? ???????????????? #TakeAMoment #JustForNow
Indigenous TikTok
I wanted to start the blog with this video because I love when he shows up on my TikTok and reminds me to take a moment.
This is a place where I personally have found many Indigenous people across Turtle Island who are sharing parts of their culture and perspective with the world. The humour that comes out and joy connects with me and makes me feel happy about the representation they are putting out. Here I have embedded @Indigenous_baddie and her video following a popular meme.
@indigenous_baddie Get ready w me /Indigenous Edition #HomeCourtDunkoff #BeautyTutorial #WholeNewGame #foryou #fyp #indigenous
@brettstoise Too majestic to be waving normally ???? #nativehumor #indigenous #nativetiktok #nativeamerican
https://www.indigenousyouthwellness.ca
Indigenous youth wellness is a website created by BC Aboriginal health; they also have a youtube channel. They have links to various sites and useful information regarding Indigenous wellness. The website is on the older side and looks to be no longer updated but has good information and links to useful websites.
https://settingsunproductions.org/young-and-indigenous-podcasthttps://settingsunproductions.org/young-and-indigenous-podcast
A podcast made for young Indigenous people to learn more about perspectives and stories based in the Lummi nation. Lummi Nation is around the area known as Bellingham, Washington, which is close to those living in the Lower Mainland of BC. In the first episode, one of the main hosts learns how to introduce themselves in the Lummi language and then talks about the history of the Lummi Nation.
Coders North is a website that has learning modules for teachers to use to help them teach students. This is for students in grades 8-12 and has 7 lessons about Indigenization, Indigitization and Indigitalization. It has videos and interactive modules for the students to work through; they talk about how the students can change the world through coding. They have a video library and student showcase to help with lessons and information.
https://app.codersnorth.com/videos/category/indigenizing-the-digital-world
When first getting onto the site, you can see the age by how the program runs. It has an interactive aspect of the four directions teachings from 5 groups, the Blackfoot, Cree, Ojibwe, Mohawk, and Mi’kmaq. It helps to teach students how the various nations view the four directions shared by elders and includes videos.
https://fourdirectionsteachings.com
Sprig Learning is an early years program that helps to support diverse learners.
Sprig Learning was created by Indigenous people and is for early learners in language skills and mathematics. They have also created a revitalization section where young children can learn Indigenous languages. They share that they have multiple Indigenous languages, but you can only see Mi’kmaw videos using their character aliet.
I fell into this website while looking up my great uncle Howard Adams. I never grew up with my father’s side of the family and never met Howard. When I started my academic career, I was able to read one of his writings and found that I strongly disagreed with him. In many ways, I follow in his footsteps of moving to Vancouver, going to UBC and teaching within the Vancouver School Board. Listening to older radio shows and hearing the voices and opinions of people like Maria Campbell, my uncle Howard Adams, George Manuel, and mike Posluns can help to give a personal take on history. This can help to pave the way forward for younger Indigenous people and how they can stand up for themselves and others.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1851628132
This is the link to Our Native Land: In our own words, a new native literature. This is from 47 years ago.