Design and Development of Immersive 3D game for Aamjiwnaang First Nation to Educate the of Youth of their History, Culture and Community

在几个世纪的殖民待遇之后，第一民族的土著人民仍然面临着恢复其文化声音和社会地位的挑战。每个原住民社区都有自己独特的历史、语言、文化习俗和精神信仰。传统上，长老在支持原住民社区的正规和非正规教育方面发挥着至关重要的作用。他们传授传统、知识、文化、价值观和教训，使用口头和角色建模的传统做法。长者是社区产生和中介知识的载体和象征。随着加拿大当前这一代土著老人的年龄增长，人们越来越担心第一民族社区对他们的历史、文化和语言的了解将会丢失。位于安大略省南部的Aamjiwnaang第一民族是一个Anishinaabe （Ojibwe）第一民族部落。与其他第一民族社区一样，Aamjiwnaang面临着保护其历史、文化和语言知识的挑战。社区的长者正在衰老，随着他们中的许多人去世，他们所获得的教义和知识也将消失，这造成了Aamjiwnaang的未来成员无法获得这些信息的威胁。兰姆顿学院的研究与创新部门将与Aamjiwnaang First Nation合作，设计并开发一款交互式3D游戏，其中包括社区验证的历史，文化和语言内容，包含互动游戏，教育和模拟组件。结果将为Aamjiwnaang First Nation提供一个创新的解决方案，以应对教育和吸引他们的年轻人学习他们丰富的遗产的挑战。研究结果还将为加拿大其他原住民社区提供一个平台，以应对他们社区中的这一挑战。此外，还有可能利用这个平台教育非土著居民直接支持加拿大对真相与和解的承诺。

After centuries of colonial treatment, the indigenous peoples of the First Nations are still facing the challenge of recovering their cultural voice and social status. Each of these First Nation communities has their own unique history, language, cultural practices, and spiritual beliefs. Elders traditionally hold crucial roles in supporting both formal and informal education in First Nations communities. They impart tradition, knowledge, culture, values, and lessons using orality and role modeling traditional practices. Elders are the carriers and emblems of communally generated and mediated knowledge. As the current generation of Indigenous elders age in Canada there is a growing concern that First Nation Communities knowledge of their history, culture, and language will be lost. The Aamjiwnaang First Nation located in Southern Ontario is an Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) First Nations Band. As other First Nation communities Aamjiwnaang is challenged to preserve their knowledge of their history, culture and language. The elders of the community are aging and as many of them perish, so will the teachings and knowledge that they have obtained creating a threat of Aamjiwnaang's future members not having access to this information. Lambton College's Research & Innovation department in partnership with Aamjiwnaang First Nation will design and develop an interactive 3D game that includes community verified historical, cultural and language content, containing interactive gameplay, education, and simulation components. The results will provide Aamjiwnaang First Nation an innovative solution to addressing the challenge of educating and engaging their youth in learning about their rich heritage. The resultswill also provide a platform that other First Nation communities across Canada can utilize to address this challenge in their communities. There is also potential to additionally use this platform to educate non-Indigenous in direct support of Canada's commitment to Truth and Reconciliation.