Chevez Ezaneh is a First Nations entrepreneur and a member of English River First Nation in Treaty 10 territory, based in Saskatoon. FN Keys started in 2019 as a passion project, built in his spare time in his garage. What began as one keyboard has grown into keyboards used in schools and language programs.
With a background in multimedia and design, Chevez builds technology that makes Indigenous languages part of everyday life, starting with the keyboard. He is a father, always building something new, and when he steps away from the workbench he is a passionate cyclist.
Every keyboard is still handcrafted by Chevez himself, in his spare time. There is no factory and no investors behind FN Keys, which is how each keyboard gets the care it does.
FN Keys also gives back. Keyboard sales fund free tools for Indigenous languages, starting with FN Keys Write, a free word processor, so that writing in your language is free for everyone.
FN Keys works with community. The Dene keyboard was developed in collaboration with Elder Carol Estralshenen and Common Weal Community Arts.