The Indigitization toolkit is a collaborative project between the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre (IKBLC), the First Nations Technology Council (FNTC), and three First Nations communities: Heiltsuk, Ktunaxa, and ‘Namgis. The project was initiated by by MOA (Museum of Anthropology at UBC).

In a nutshell, “Indigitization” aims at creating a  digitizing a collection of audio materials from oral history, in order to assist Indigenous communities in preserving and managing their information. The digitized materials constitute a published toolkit, available for First Nations communities that wish to engage in digitization, and, consequently, for future generations of First Nations.

In the video below, “Xelsilem Rivers, an intern at MOA, discusses with CBC how he is helping to digitize Northwest Coast First Nations languages. Most of these languages only have a handful of fluent speakers left and this archival process is enabling people like Rivers to study what would otherwise go extinct.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LG8dWCcIYk