Indigenous tech redefined: scam prevention for elders
Boozhoo News River readers,
This week in Indigenous tech news, a Minnesota-based game developer has created a valuable tool for revitalizing the Ojibwe language: a point-and-click game called Reclaim! The latest demo is available for download on the Grassroots Indigenous Multimedia website.
Back on this side of the medicine line, another Indigenous-owned and operated tech company is taking on a common problem by developing a scam prevention workshop focused on Indigenous elders.
Checking in on Indigenous Data Sovereignty
Gary McBerryhill from Raven Indigenous Capital Partners recently spoke at the University City Science Center’s Health Sciences Futures panel on the importance of IDS in the context of recent AI developments. Watch the video on LinkedIn.
This isn’t the first time we have shared the work of Te Hiku Media CTO Keoni Mahelona (Kanaka Māoli), and it definitely won’t be the last. In this video, Mozilla’s Rise25 series gives a great summary of his work in Māori language revitalization.
Watch the video here. For a deeper dive, check out some of our most engaged-with articles featuring Keoni:
- A new vision of artificial intelligence for the people - MIT Technology Review
Collision Conference Indigenous Attendee Program A program offering complimentary access for Indigenous people to all three days of the Collision Conference is back! The event runs from June 17 - 20 in Toronto, and applications are accepted until June 7.
Read our blog post from the 2023 event to learn more about the incredible learning and networking opportunities on display at Collision.
We’re grateful to have our headquarters on traditional territory of the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Lkwungen, Songhees and Esquimalt) Peoples of the Coast Salish Nation.
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