These B.C. teens are being immersed in local Indigenous culture — by playing Minecraft
The Coquitlam, B.C., school district has teamed up with kʷikʷəƛəm First Nation to use a popular video game to create an immersive world for Indigenous storytelling in local classrooms.
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![Elsa Romey, right, helps her twin sister Maya create a bentwood box from cedar planks in A Pacific NorthWest Experience, an educational tool using the game Minecraft. The pair are students at École Montgomery Middle School in Coquitlam, B.C. A real bentwood box sits on the desk in front of them. Two teenage girls play Minecraft video game on a laptop near a brown cedar wooden box with a bird carved on its lid.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7038564.1700867318!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/maya-and-elsa-romey-students-at-ecole-montgomery-middle-school-in-coquitlam.jpg)
The Coquitlam, B.C., school district has teamed up with kʷikʷəƛəm First Nation to use a popular video game to create an immersive world for Indigenous storytelling in local classrooms.