Under pressure, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced last year that the Government of Canada will enact an Indigenous Languages Act, co-developed with Indigenous Peoples, with the goal of facilitating the preservation, promo- tion and revitalization of First Nations, Inuit and Métis languages in Canada. In partnership with the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, the Assembly of First Nations and the Métis Nation, the legislation, if approved, would mean Ottawa would have a financial responsibility to keep all 58 Indigenous languages – many of which have only a handful of speakers left – from dying out. But First Nations people aren’t waiting for “possible” legislation; they are tackling this crisis head-on by creating their own methods of revital- ization and preservation. And most are utilizing modern, user-friendly tech- nology to do it. THERE’S AN INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE APP FOR THAT Ojibway TV TV, but he jokingly calls it “Ojibway Netflix,” and it’s catching on. According to their site a person can easily download the app for free and begin to immerse themselves into Ojibway culture. “Users can learn to speak Ojibway using professional quality audio, pictures, syllabics. Learn about the history and maps of the Ojibway. Listen to the ancient languages of the Native American and First Nation people. The spoken word allows you to finally listen to common words and phrases, helping you to speak Federal funding for French and English language schooling sits at approximately $4,000 per child, while Indigenous languages receive only about $4 per child from the federal government. reporting · dashboards data management · analytics data entry · logbooks alarm workflows · mobile tools e.RIS your information... smarter make@yourinformationsmarter.com · P · 403.208.7447 Guelph · Calgary · Detroit · Toronto · London ACTIVATING WELLNESS THROUGH SPORT ASWCO is the designated Provincial/Territorial Aboriginal Sport Body for Ontario, delivering sport and recreation programming to all Indigenous Peoples across the province. #WellnessWarrior Learn more at aswco.ca The world’s first Indigenous language TV streaming app is available on the App Store, allowing people to access Ojibway education and entertainment programming through an Apple TV device. If you ever wanted to know anything and everything about the Ojibway way of life, from learning the language and history, to knowing what famous Ojibway sports and entertainment figures there are, there is an app for it. They are calling it the world’s first Indigenous language TV streaming app, which launched on the App Store December 2017, allowing anyone to access Ojibway education and entertain- ment programming through an Apple TV device. Darrick Baxter is originally from Sandy Bay Ojibway First Nation in Manitoba, and is the founder and CEO of Ogoki Learning Inc., whose company developed the app. It’s called Ojibway SUMMER/WINTER 2018/19 – Chiefs of Ontario Advocate magazine   l   35