While Indigenous people have been underrepresented in STEM fields, Team 5672 is one of a growing number of teams in First Nations communities
First Nations team member DJ Maiangowi prepares a ring which will be grabbed by his team's robot during a qualifying match at the FIRST Championship, on Thursday, Apr. 25, 2019 in Detroit, Mich. The team comes out of Wikwemikong High School on Manitoulin Island, Ont., which is home to just over 13,000 people.Mary Pangowish had never seen a First Nations team make it to the robotics world championships, much less expect her own team to qualify.
Team 5672 comes out of Wikwemikong High School on Manitoulin Island, Ont., which is home to just over 13,000 people. Ms. Pangowish said they were the first robotics team on the island and in the five years since the team was founded, they’ve focused some of their efforts on reaching out to middle schools and high schools in the area to get them interested in establishing their own robotics teams.
“It’s so important to have their voices at the table,” he said. “It's not just what building the robot can do for the students, but also how important the students voices and First Nations voices are in STEM.” The bot came together from the ground up, starting with the drive chain it uses to move. It took six weeks to build, which often meant late nights at the school for Mr. Mara and the team as they tweaked and refined their machine.
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