With canoes and VR, project explores indigenous ways
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September 27, 2019
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Researchers at the University of Minnesota developed a virtual reality canoe simulator as part of a larger project that aims to revitalize cultural Indigenous traditions.
Professors Vicente Diaz and Daniel Keefe, among others, have led a team to bring Dakota, Micronesian and Ojibwe communities together in a project called "Back to Indigenous Futures." The project — shown during President Joan Gabel's inauguration week — is part of the University provost's Grand Challenges research.
"Here are communities that have suffered deeply from colonization and exploitation," Keefe sai...
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