FEARLESS, POETIC MEMOIR from a Cree, Salish, and Métis writer tells the story not only of her own traumatic family history, but of the brutal generational oppressions that cast painful shadows in too many Indigenous lives. B PLUS
https://houseofanansi.com/collections/new-releases/products/soft-as-bones
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2) This talk by Jon Corbett on translating indigenous knowledge into computing ideas, including programming in Cree using syllabics and prototyping keyboard hardware that maps to cultural knowledge
https://youtu.be/ZZgQ3MoNJUQ?t=16443
(Talk begins at 4:34:00)
More of Corbett’s work: http://joncorbett.ca/, https://esoteric.codes/blog/jon-corbett
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Today in 1885, angered by enforced starving at the hands of Indian Agent Thomas Quinn, the Cree attack Frog Lake, killing eight people. This will result in the largest mass-hanging in Canadian history when the Cree are put to death. https://canadaehx.com/2023/03/07/the-battleford-hangings/
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