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The First Peoples' Heritage, Language and Culture Council is a British Columbia crown agency founded in 1990 to revitalize First Nations heritage, language and culture in the province.
Public Law 101-477 October 30, 1990
Title I -- Native American Languages Act
Yabla Interactive develops cutting-edge multimedia technologies designed with language learning and media localization in mind. Further, Yabla develops products which expoit these technologies by blending them with authentic television, film and music in a variety of languages, providing non-natives with effective, content-driven acquisition experiences that are enjoyably pursued on a regular basis.
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Indian kids will soon have a Super Mario-like character of their own to guide through an array of digital puzzles and game landscapes. But instead of a character who looks like the mustached Italian plumber, made popular from appearances in dozens of Nintendo offerings, a new video game created by a Native-owned company will feature tribal characters speaking a variety of Indian languages.
Immersive simulations of real life social communication. Interactive 3D video games involving spoken dialogs and cultural protocols with “socially intelligent virtual humans”
This paper describes critical areas in which technology plays a role in language and culture revitalization and explores efforts made by Indigenous communities to preserve, maintain and revitalize their Indigenous language with the help of computer technology.
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Collection of resources pertaining to language revitalization
Updated on Apr 06, 09
Created on Feb 02, 09
Category: Cultures & Community
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