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Citizen Potawatomi Nation

The Prophecy of the Seven Fires

For the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, the modules are linked to their culture by means of prophecies (each prophecy is called a “Fire”) left to their Elders about the future. Each Fire referred to a particular era of time that would come in the future. These prophecies are captured in “The Seven Fires” story.

The educational modules are based on this story of the Seven Fires. Each prophecy is about a change in their way of life, and in this case, it changes how students perceive their environment through technology.

Seven prophecies, seven eras

The journey, module by module

  1. Module 01 · Looking for the turtle shaped island

    First Fire

    Basic Building Blocks: Sketching to Rendering

    Spatial reasoning through visualization: sketching, architectural drafting and 3D ideation.

  2. Module 02 · Losing the shell and finding the future pathway

    Second Fire

    Virtuality: Using VR in Architectural Visualizations

    3D modeling in SketchUp to solve a real design problem, using Virtual Reality as a design tool.

  3. Module 03 · Finding a path to the chosen ground

    Third Fire

    Virtual Realization: 3D Scanning and Viewing a Building in VR

    3D scanning student beadwork and exhibiting it inside the Spiro Mounds Virtual Museum in VR.

  4. Module 04 · New knowledge translated into physicality

    Fourth Fire

    Virtuality to Physicality: 3D Printing

    Turning a virtual design into a real light fixture with 3D printing, and learning how electricity works.

  5. Module 05 · A new way, from old teachings

    Fifth Fire

    Augmented Living: Using AR in Design

    Modeling an everyday object (a table) in 3D and presenting it through Augmented Reality.

  6. Module 06 · Honoring and venerating Elders

    Sixth Fire

    Human Centered Design: Empathy and Designing for Special Groups

    Empathic design with an aging simulation suit, redesigning a kitchen an Elder can easily use.

  7. Module 07 · New People will emerge

    Seventh Fire

    VR + AR Mini-Hackathon: Designing with Elders for the community

    A team hackathon with Tribal Elders: redesigning part of the afterschool center with every tool learned.

Also in NAMSAS

The same modules, told by other Nations

Explore Otoe-MissouriaCreation Story of the Seven ClansExplore PoncaPonca Code of Ethics