On #IndigenousPeoplesDay two #Indigenous #game releases announced:

1 Award winning #Sámi PC game "Skábma" launched on among others #Playstation, #XBox and #Switch / #NintendoSwitch!

2 New chapter released for Sámi mobile #appgame "Raanaa" (pictured).

Both games are based on Sámi #mythology and folklore, and have young #noaidi ("shaman") protagonists.

Skábma / Snowfall: https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/skabma-snowfall-switch/

Raanaa: https://youtu.be/PuBzUT3XR7k

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DUJGU!

The rules for the Sámi #tafl game Tablut were written down by Carl #Linnaeus in 1732, who learned to play it on a board embroidered on reindeer hide with pieces made in traditional Sámi #boardgame #duodji style.

Among the Lule #Sámi words he wrote down, "tuichu" (dujgu) is somewhat mysterious as its literal meaning is uncertain. "Dujgu" was said when a player positioned their King so that it had not just one but two open paths to escape the board, winning.

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Sets for South #Sámi Dablo produced by the Curiosum science centre in Ubmeje, Sweden by Manya Raman. Traditional #Indigenous design, lasercut. #indigenousgames #boardgames

Yásnaya Aguilar Gil, #Mixe #Indigenous academic and activist from Mexico playing the Sámi #boardgame sáhkku at the Sámi House in #Oslo, Norway.

(Game set by Edmund Johansen. Sáhkku variant in play: Lágesvuotna.
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#indigenousgames used as teaching tools. The Sámi #boardgame Sáhkku used as a tool to teach #math.

Carita Eira Varjola presenting at Mathematics in #Indigenous and Migratory Contexts in Áltá.

Photo: Ságat - https://www.sagat.no/nyheter/presenterte-forskning-for-internasjonalt-publikum/19.35230