Submitted
2025 Indigenous Communities Fellowship

Blaine Mirasty

Team Leader
Blaine Mirasty
Looking to create a fun game that helps people learn the Cree language by using secret codes, just like Cree "code talkers" did during World War II. In the game, you’ll go on missions, solve puzzles, and use Cree words to unlock stories and adventures. It’s a fun way to keep our language and culture strong while using new technology....
What is the name of your organization?
Cree North Adventures
What is the name of your solution?
Blaine Mirasty
Provide a one-line summary or tagline for your solution.
Learn Cree through missions, puzzles, and stories — blending tradition and technology for a stronger future.
In what city, town, or region is your solution team headquartered?
Flying Dust First Nation, Saskatchewan, Canada
In what country is your solution team headquartered?
CAN
What type of organization is your solution team?
Hybrid of for-profit and nonprofit
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What specific problem are you solving?
Looking to solve language loss in the Cree community from across Treaty 6 Canada. In many areas across western Canada, people under 50 years cannot speak the Cree language and do not practice speaking cree in daily life in the reservations.
What is your solution?
Looking to create a fun game that helps people learn the Cree language by using secret codes, just like Cree "code talkers" did during World War II. In the game, you’ll go on missions, solve puzzles, and use Cree words to unlock stories and adventures. It’s a fun way to keep our language and culture strong while using new technology. This game will help kids, adults, and whole communities learn Cree in a fun way. It’s important because our language connects us to who we are, and this game helps protect it for the future.
Who does your solution serve, and in what ways will the solution impact their lives?
The game will incorporate problem solving and using speaking phrases, listening to phrases and trying to solve the phrases to "break the code". I believe in the "gamify" aspect of creating a new product to encourage competition and points. I believe current technology is apart of every day life in reservations across Canada from smart phones, smart TV's, gaming consoles and social media and internet daily usage. I believe the gaming system of Cree windtalkers will allow for problem solving skills which will lead to transferrable skills in employment and grassroots entrepreneurship start up ideation for rural and isolated communities.
Solution Team:
Blaine Mirasty
Blaine Mirasty