Teen Builds Robot to Save Native Language | Los Angeles News

Presented by The Plant Daddies — rare specimen trees, living art, and hand-carved limestone vessels and fountains for extraordinary spaces. Showrooms in Los Angeles and Irvine. Listeners of Los Angeles News Today receive 10% off with code LANEWS10. theplantdaddies.com/lanews A 12-year-old Ojibwe coder, Holden Hoy, is saving his endangered Native language with a robot named SkoBot — a woodland creature that teaches Ojibwe words like “makwa” for bear. Built with accurate audio files to avoid AI errors, SkoBot makes learning fun and culturally rooted. Created by Danielle Boyer, a 25-year-old nonprofit founder, the project empowers Indigenous kids to build their own language-learning bots. Holden even named his robot “Sabe,” meaning Bigfoot — a symbol of honesty in Ojibwe culture. His mom, once hesitant to embrace her heritage, now beams with pride as her son reconnects with his roots. This tech-powered mission proves young innovators are leading the charge to preserve Indigenous languages and identity. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/4d1be64450905305