Language Geek Aboriginal Fonts

Language Geek has some great fonts that you can download for almost any of the North American Indigenous languages. Now to be able to input all the characters correctly you need to use the proper keyboard mapping, which you can also download at language geek. There are files for both Windows and Mac and instructions to use them.
Many youth are expected to use computers either in school or in work. It would be ideal if they could be using the computers in their own language. Fortunatly with people creating Aboriginal Fonts, with programs like gettext, and Open Source Projects like GNOME Translation Project, it makes it easier to create a computing environment where Indigenous languages can be used.

Harriet Nahanee

Harriet Nahannee, Pacheedhat Nation, passed away last weekend. Today's show is dedicated to her and stopping briniging light to the fact that the Winter Olympics of 2010 will be in a country that has and contiues to violate the rights of the Indigenous people.s. You can read some Harriet's view on de/colonization.

Indigenous Food Systems

Indigenous Cultures around Turtle Island were centered more around food and trade then money and power. The anthropoligist Jack Weatherford documents some of the food technology in Indian Givers. The systems developed by Indigenous people were complex and showed a deep understanding of agriculture. The most vivid example of the type of agriculture is shown in the Three Sisters. This type of agriculture is known as companion planting.

A map of the Secwepemc Nation

I cleaned up a map that was available at www.secwepemc.org. I imported the image into Inkscape and made it into a Vector Graphics map, so that it can be increased to any size without pixelation. The map shows the 17 bands of the Secwepemc Nation.

The thing to remember is that Indian Bands were set up by the Department of Indian Affairs. They are NOT a traditional form of governance. For many people that's all we know, but we still have to make a concerted effort to return to traditional governance. The self-government that the Canadian and Provincial Governments are promoting is not what they are claiming.

Tsyucwminte R Tmicw

This is the website for my radio show on CFBX 92.5 Fm -- The X. British Columbia, Canada otherwise known as the Occupied Territories.