Kun’tewiktuk: A Mi’kmaw Adventure

Several months ago, I had just randomly come across this project. It was like the first breadcrumb in a trail that has really completely changed my life. It is a wonderful video game, intended to teach Mi’kmaq language, stories and culture to youngsters. Even 56 year old youngsters like me. 🙂

Proceeds from the game sales go to scholarship funds for First Nations youth, wishing to pursue careers in technology fields. Even though I am really not into video games, it has inspired me so much to explore my own ancestry and to develop a similar idea in our virtual world, GroovyVerse. I became an early funder of the game, and also a donor to Indspire which is a scholarship program for First Nations youth.

I hope you will give it a look, and possibly support this effort. Even if you are not Mi’kmaq or a person of indigenous descent, I think you will find some of the stories very familiar. It is no coincidence that they bear similarities to Lord of the Rings. Many of the northern peoples in the Americas, Europe, Siberia have very similar legends. In particular, the Sami in Finland were a great inspiration to Tolkien. In this Mi’kmaq story, one can not help but see the familiar hobbits, trolls and other characters and narratives, that I think we all shared at one time.

If anything. I hope this may make you realize that as difficult as things may seem now. There are people who went through A LOT. And persisted, and thrived and are still here creating beautiful things. We all can too.

https://www.mikmawadventure.com

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