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| Title | RezWorld: Immersive Video Game Aims to Revitalize American Indian Languages |
| Body | From http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/29639324.html Immersive video game aims to revitalize American Indian languages By Rob Capriccioso September 24, 2008 A new video game created by a Native-owned company will feature tribal characters speaking a variety of Indian languages. The game, called RezWorld, is billed as the first fully immersive 3-D interactive video game that can help young Indians learn to speak their own languages via a unique speech recognition component. “We’re all about teaching Native language in a context that really engages our young people,” said Don Thornton, the Cherokee owner of the California-based Thornton Media, which has led the way in creating the game’s prototype. Read the entire article at http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/29639324.html . Learn more about the RezWorld project at http://ndnlanguage.com/RezWorld.html . |
| Source | Indian Country Today |
| Inputdate | 2008-09-28 09:58:58 |
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