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    Totah-The Legacy Model An Indigenous Scifi Short Story
    Totah-The Legacy Model An Indigenous Scifi Short Story
    Totah-The Legacy Model An Indigenous Scifi Short Story
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    Totah-The Legacy Model An Indigenous Scifi Short Story

    By Cathy Smith

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    Unlike other robots, Totah operates on the Karii'wio (The Great Law of Peace) and not the Three Laws of Robotics. Her indigenous knowledge is gleaned from a mind map of the last speaker of Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk). Her community views her as a vital resource for their language revitalization project, despite her age.

     

    However, support for her O/S is coming to an end. Can a reformat by the Free and Open Source Software community preserve her precious data, or will she have to replace The Great Law of Peace with the Three Laws of Robotics?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCathy Smith
    Release dateSep 19, 2021
    ISBN9798201739218
    Totah-The Legacy Model An Indigenous Scifi Short Story
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    Cathy Smith

    Cathy Smith is a Mohawk writer who lives on a Status Reservation on the Canadian Side of the Border on Turtle Island (North America). She is proud of her people’s heritage and also has an interest in the myths and legends of other peoples and cultures, and modern fantasy and science fiction, which is often derived from past myths and often acts as myths for modern times.

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      Totah-The Legacy Model An Indigenous Scifi Short Story - Cathy Smith

      Totah-The Legacy Model An Indigenous Scifi Short Story

      Cathy Smith

      Published by Cathy Smith, 2021.

      This is a work of fiction. Similarities to real people, places, or events are entirely coincidental.

      TOTAH-THE LEGACY MODEL AN INDIGENOUS SCIFI SHORT STORY

      First edition. September 19, 2021.

      Copyright © 2021 Cathy Smith.

      ISBN: 979-8201739218

      Written by Cathy Smith.

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