Nov · 4 weeks
🪶 Native American Heritage Month
In November we celebrate Native American innovators building the future of technology.
Innovator of the week
Week 1 · this week
Danielle Boyer
Builds free robots that help kids learn to code and speak their Native languages
Ojibwe (Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians)
Week 2Mary Golda Ross
The Cherokee mathematician who planned rockets and trips to other planets in secret
Cherokee Nation
Week 3Michael Running Wolf
Teaches computers to understand Native languages so more kids can learn to speak them
Northern Cheyenne (citizen of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe), with Lakota and Blackfeet family ties
Week 4Tara Astigarraga
The Choctaw IBM inventor whose patents keep computer memory safe
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma