Land Acknowledgement & Indigenous AI Ethics | Tsleil-Waututh Nation at Vancouver AI #websummit
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Grounding AI in Indigenous wisdom: Gabriel George Sr. of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation opens Vancouver AI: May 28 #WebSummit with land acknowledgement and song.
Discover how AI can support language revitalization, ethical tech, and community-led governance.
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Welcome to Vancouver AI: May 28 #WebSummit at the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre, where BC’s AI builders converge under the UFO-shaped dome. Tonight’s session, hosted by Kris Krüg of BC + AI Events, features Gabriel George Sr., Director of Treaty, Lands, and Resources at the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, as he delivers a traditional song and land acknowledgement.
He shares the painful history of Hunʔahmim̓ǝm̓ language loss and the resilience of his people, whose population was decimated by European-borne diseases. Learn how Gabriel is leveraging AI—through campaign-focused GPT models and Notion knowledge bases—to organize community initiatives and revitalize ancestral language. This talk exemplifies Indigenomics AI, ethical technology, and the future of culturally grounded AI governance.
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📍 Chapters:
0:00 – Welcome & Host Introduction (Kris Krüg)
0:45 – Land Acknowledgement & Song
2:30 – History of Tsleil-Waututh Nation
4:10 – Hunʔahmim̓ǝm̓ Language Loss & Revival
5:50 – AI in Campaign Organizing
7:20 – Custom GPT & Notion Knowledge Base
8:45 – Thanksgiving Song & Closing
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