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Skawennati Makes Space For Indigenous Representation and Sovereignty in the Virtual World of Second Life

By Rea McNamara July 1, 2020 AbTeC Island is a destination in the online world of Second Life that makes an Indigenous future accessible now. Mohawk artist Skawennati founded AbTeC—short for Aboriginal Territories in Cyberspace—in 2005. Since then it has gradually grown, acquiring new components and landscapes. A glowing, flowering tree—an allusion to the Celestial Tree from the…

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