Indian Country Today Feature

Featured on the Indian Country Today Media Network.

This is an amazing opportunity for Ogoki Learning Systems Inc. to promote our free source code project. We’ve been fortunate enough to give away an important piece of technology and allow other Indian Tribes and First Nations from Canada, United States and all over the world to use these tools to help save their historical languages.  We are creating our legacy by helping tribes save theirs.

The story (Indian Country Today) talks about our company and how we started making Native Language iPhone Apps. It’s true that the App was never intended to be released as a public tool because I really didn’t have a company or services.  I has just made the app to help my daughter learn the Ojibway language.  That was all I expected from the app (originally designed for use on the iPad). It wasn’t until I saw her using and learning from the App that I knew other parents would benefit from this amazing tool.

Founder and App Developer: Darrick Glen Baxter holding up the Ojibway iPad App

Language Apps in Classrooms

Only months after the Ojibway app was released, Ogoki Learning Systems Inc. was asked by the Ontario Board of Education’s Aboriginal program if they could list the “Ojibway People and Language App” as a resource in their teachers guide and other related material. We happily approved the request and began the further development of the language tools.

Months later, our group was invited to be on a conference call with a post secondary institution in Thunder Bay, Ontario – the Lakehead University. We talked about various projects and ideas and agreed that we would endeavour to work together in the upcoming months to develop and build on the works that we have been doing to teach and enhance language learning in schools.

Rave reviews and amazing acceptance 

Our Ojibway app has gotten over 17,000 downloads since its been on iTunes and we have helped other tribes to utilize the iPhone and iPad as a language learning tool.  We’ve helped the Blackfeet people with their language app and look forward to helping other tribes realize their full potential in language Apps.

Request a Quote

If you would like Ogoki Learning Systems Inc to help your nation work on preserving your language and engage your youth – we would be more than happy to help.  Please fill out our request for quote for an app.  We would be happy to provide you with a complete and comprehensive quote.

New to Pinterest? Well, so are we. We’ve gathered up a new top 10 list. It covers some great “pins” and iconic “boards” and the most interesting Pinterest users. We’ve searched high and low to bring you this amazing list of Pinterest users – boards, pins and all around interesting people out there.

So enjoy our collection of the top 10 pinterest users, boards, pins and interesting people.

Courtney Cochran
Shes just fabulous and her Pinterest boards are a collection of signs, quotes, images, body art and randomness – a true modern day technological expression of an online collective pow-wow. Be sure to check out her boards especially the taking back indian country board.
http://pinterest.com/creativecorky/taking-back-indian-country-one-board-at-a-time-p/

New Century Marketing
http://pinterest.com/newcentco/
NewCentury Marketing presents a variety of products and gifts of the American Southwest, Native American Culture, and the Old American West, including Art, Pottery, Cactus, and Southwest Home Decor.

Brenda reed Mosdale
http://pinterest.com/bebebenben/
Her boards are collections of this worlds most romantic and mystical adventures. She expresses her likes from style to home decor along with reading to tea style, her pins are the most exciting and captivating images on the web.

Esther Rodriguez
http://pinterest.com/esther413/
Esther’s style and grace are expressed in real world antiquity including furniture, paintings and brilliant colour combinations that can be placed in any setting – including the dining room table. Yes, she also includes pins on food and drinks. Be sure to follow and re-pin her galleries today.

Bartosz Sokolinski
http://pinterest.com/borty/
Bartosz first caught our eye with his wonderful infogram re-pins on Apps – a specialty that we know a little bit about. We then became secret followers – without actually clicking the “follow board” button. We bookmarked his Pinterest page and checked back on it often. We simply had to include this amazing media mogule in our top 10.

Matthew Drake’s Board
Cowboys Indians Pioneers and Frontiersmen
A look back at the Lawmen,Desperados,Cowboys,Indians,earlier Pioneers and Frontiersmen
http://pinterest.com/alaska4me/cowboys-indians-pioneers-and-frontiersmen/

Christopher Pernell Thames
Art: Native American Indian Culture & Warriors
http://pinterest.com/christhames/art-native-american-indian-culture-warriors/

Erma Scranton
http://pinterest.com/ermzie/

We’re still unsure what shes holding in the profile picture but this Pinterest user is a true fan of the Renaissance era. We especially love the two boards below. Have a look and follow them for the most wonderful images on the internet.
http://pinterest.com/ermzie/all-things-first-nations/
http://pinterest.com/stardustagain/native-indians-first-nations/

Phil Elliott
http://pinterest.com/greensandboy/
have a look at this guys profile picture, what do you think? Is Phil’s Pinterest feed really what you wanna see everytime you check in on your Pinterest board? After all, you are what you “Pin”. But seriously, check out his North West Coastal Carvings board, its pretty spectacular.

Meriel Henson
http://pinterest.com/deerspeaks/
shes the creator of native american clothing… her pins are wondful… loved the friendship bracelets and clothes.

Benefits of Twitter and Social Media

• 80 Twitter friends in the past week alone.
• 200% total ReTweets
• 254% increase in Ojibway App downloads
• 200% increase in website visits
• 12 newly engaged contacts and potential clients

Twitter and Facebook are really going well in promoting Apps, creating meaningful relationships and meeting like-minded people interested in sharing ideas.

Connect with Us!

Follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/ogoki and let us know you’ve read the article or have seen our Native American Twitter Bird.

Share and Re-Pin it using Printerest www.pintrest.com/ogoki

Facebook: www.facebook.com/ogokilearning

The app is un

Our first app – “Ojibway People and Language”, was very successful with thousands of downloads.

Helping Save Native Languages in Canada and the United States

The Ojibway project was so successful that we’ve released the source code online and have helped tribes in Canada and the United States create their own language apps. We would like to help you and your First Nation or Tribe work to save your language.

Engaging the Youth with iPads(r) and iPods(r)

Everyone can agree that the future of the North American Native languages hinge on the youth. Ogoki Learning Systems has found a tool to teach the traditional languages to the youth on a device that they use every day. Todays electronics are the keys to sustaining our languages. Its a wonderful learning tool that engages youth and can help preserve the traditional languages.

Contact Us

Contact us for a free quote or just discuss how our Ojibway app has changed the language landscape.

The interactive story book is an engaging and immersive learning tool that can be designed for the Apple and Android Tablets and smartphones. This unique form of media uses high definition pictures and audio to convey your message or lessons. The interactive media is a perfect tool for educators and learners alike.

Creating an Interactive Storybook is Easy!

Converting existing storybooks to interactive storybooks available on Android tablets and iPads are easily done! These new books can include audio material, games, special notes, interactive updates and other promotional features.

Thousands of New Customers!

You can now reach thousands of new customers and promote your storybooks online using social media and traditional web sites. iTunes and the Android app store make it easy for new authors and content creators to setup shop and begin selling products quickly without the ability to accept credit cards.

Contact us for a free quote

Send us an email or contact us using the contact form on the side of this page! We would love to talk apps with you and outline some possibilities for your next interactive project.

Usually reserved for First Nations connectivity and extensive infrasturcture projects, the First Mile.ca project website was extreamly excited to learn about our open source language project. They felt that our company played a signifigant role in preserving our traditional ancestrial Ojibway language.  The First Mile project team even wrote an in depth story on our Ojibway language app.

“Ogoki Learning Systems not only a great success story and example of traditional First Nation values, its more than that. It’s a point of significant pride among our First Nations people.” – Darrick Baxter, President, Ogoki Learning Systems Inc.

The First Mile project has included our story among other huge success stories including infrastucture builds, national projects, community projects and other important technology innovations.  The Ojibway language opensource project holds an important place in in the First Nations media industry. The opensource iPhone app code helps other communities build their own language app.

To download our app source code and create your own language app, be sure to check out the source code section on our website.

If you would like to view our videos on Youtube, be sure to check out out Youtube page at www.youtube.com/ogokiapps

Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/ogoki

Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ogokilearning

If you would like to find out more about our company and various apps, send us an email at darrick@ogokilearning.com

The Ojibway App is making waves in news with the recent article in the Wawatay News Paper. A recent article written by Rick Garrick talks about how and why the Ojibway App was created.

“Its really a great story – It talks about how and why the Ojibway People and Language App was created. I made the App to teach my older daughter her Ojibway language. I never expected to release publicly.”  – Darrick Glen Baxter.

http://www.wawataynews.ca

Ogoki Learning Systems Inc. would like to give a shout out to the Kenora Daily Miner News for their great story on why and how we created the Ojibway People and Language iPhone App.  They really tell a great story and thanks again for showcasing our app in your wonderful newspaper.

Read the full article:

http://www.kenoradailyminerandnews.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3510795

Drop us a line if you would like more information on our iPhone App and upcoming projects.

“Our small company out of Sandy Bay First Nation in Manitoba has affected social change and is helping save our Ojibway language. We have put a pin on the map. We are affecting social change internationally!” – Darrick Glen Baxter

The Ethnos Project is an advocacy blog and information resource focused on the ways that information and communications technologies (ICTs) are being used around the world to

• affect social change,
• sustain and stimulate the rapidly disappearing traditions and languages of Indigenous peoples, and
• improve the quality of life of people on their own cultural terms.

This site is for scholars, activists, government agencies, non-governmental cultural organizations, Indigenous groups, and others interested in the use of ICTs for Indigenous knowledge management (IKM), development (ICT4D), social change, and other mindful solutions.

Open Source Native Language App Code

Read the full story!     http://www.ethnosproject.org/site/?p=1021