Globalization and disease Spanish soldiers introduced smallpox by contact with natives of the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan. A devastating epidemic broke out among the indigenous people, killing thousands. In 1617, smallpox reached Massachusetts, probably brought by earlier explorers to Nova Scotia, Canada.” By 1638 the disease had broken out among people in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1721 people fled the city after an outbreak, but the residents spread the disease to others throughout the thirteen colonies. Smallpox broke out in six separate epidemics in the United States through 1968. The smallpox vaccine was developed in 1798 by Edward Jenner. By 1979 the disease had been
Indigenous people in video gaming Metis and the founder of LaPensee gamer, project has a role in creating Honour Water and Invaders which bridges the gap of new media and cultural traditions There have also been numerous video games translated into Indigenous languages. For example, Pinnguaq has localized osmosis, Ittle Dew and Beneath the Floes. Academic studies of indigenous video gaming are still infrequent. In 2017, the peer-reviewed open-access Indigenous Studies journal "Transmotion" devoted a special issue to the topic. Indigenous people in video gaming Indigenous people have a long history of collaborating on the creation of video games. It has only been with the