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By Kelvin Chan WIIKWEMKOONG UNCEDED TERRITORY, Ontario (AP) \u2014 For thousands of years, Indigenous peoples have passed down their traditions and culture through oral storytelling. Now, a Canadian Indigenous community is using a data center to help preserve its heritage. The Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory in rural Ontario installed a small data center as it modernized its recordkeeping systems. Among the digital files it holds are video recordings of Anishinaabe speaking their native language. \u201cOur language is one of the biggest things that most First Nations across the country are losing,\u201d said Wiikwemkoong Chief Tim Ominika. \u201cWe will have our knowledge keepers, our language speakers who may be moving on to the spirit world, but their legacy is still going to be protected for many years to come by having our… <\/p>\n

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By Kelvin Chan WIIKWEMKOONG UNCEDED TERRITORY, Ontario (AP) \u2014 For thousands of years, Indigenous peoples have passed down their traditions and culture through oral storytelling. Now, a Canadian Indigenous community is using a data center to help preserve its heritage. The Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory in rural Ontario installed a small data center as it modernized its recordkeeping systems. Among the digital files it holds are video recordings of Anishinaabe speaking their native language. \u201cOur language is one of the biggest things that most First Nations across the country are losing,\u201d said Wiikwemkoong Chief Tim Ominika. \u201cWe will have our knowledge keepers, our language speakers who may be moving on to the spirit world, but their legacy is still going to be protected for many years to come by having our... <\/p>\n

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