Meet the robots programmed by kids to speak their Indigenous languages
Education Meet the robots programmed by kids to speak their Indigenous languages July 26, 20265:00 AM ET By Kadin Mills Holden Hoy (right) is building a robot to help him learn the Ojibwe language Anishinaabemowin, an endangered Native American language. Hoy's mentor, Danielle Boyer (left), is teaching him skills including coding and electrical circuitry. Kadin Mills/NPR hide caption toggle caption Kadin Mills/NPR SAULT STE.
- ▪Education Meet the robots programmed by kids to speak their Indigenous languages July 26, 20265:00 AM ET By Kadin Mills Holden Hoy (right) is building a robot to help him learn the Ojibwe language Anishinaabemowin, an endangered Native Amer
- ▪Hoy's mentor, Danielle Boyer (left), is teaching him skills including coding and electrical circuitry.
- ▪Kadin Mills/NPR hide caption toggle caption Kadin Mills/NPR SAULT STE.
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Education Meet the robots programmed by kids to speak their Indigenous languages July 26, 20265:00 AM ET By Kadin Mills Holden Hoy (right) is building a robot to help him learn the Ojibwe language Anishinaabemowin, an endangered Native American language. Hoy's mentor, Danielle Boyer (left), is teaching him skills including coding and electrical circuitry. Kadin Mills/NPR hide caption toggle caption Kadin Mills/NPR SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. — The idea came to Danielle Boyer in a toy store. The inspiration? It was Tickle Me Elmo. "Whenever you'd press his belly, he would talk, and he would teach you things," she said. "There are toys that teach us in English, but there aren't toys that teach us Anishinaabemowin.
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