About the Tagish-Tlingit FirstVoices project – published in the American Indian Quarterly, Winter & Spring 2006, Vol. 30, Nos. 1 & 2. The website discussed in the article is featured below: http://www.firstvoices.ca In December 2004 representatives of the Yukon government and the First People’s Cultural Foundation of British Columbia signed […]
2006 • archive • culture | preservation • First Nations • FirstVoices • indigenous language • language | preservation • multimedia • Tagish • Tlingit • YukonPoverty in Focus – Indigenising Development
Among the many social groups that have been historically excluded, indigenous peoples comprise one that offers great challenges to development. Although their assimilation has been a goal of the national societies that engulfed them, it is disputable whether indigenous peoples desire the type of social inclusion that development, in its […]
2009 • culture • development • indigenous communities • poverty reductionSaratoga Native American Festival Program Guide
Note from Mark: I had the opportunity to serve as the organizer for the Saratoga Native American Festival for its first two years in operation (2006 and 2007) while working as the Education Director for the Ndakinna Education Center. The Saratoga Native American Festival is a collaborative effort of the […]
2007 • festival • Native American • Ndakinna Education Center • Saratoga SpringsSaratoga Native American Festival Curriculum Guide
This Curriculum Guide was published in conjunction with the 2007 Saratoga Native American Festival in Saratoga Springs, New York. Teachers at all levels will find that the lessons and activities introduced can be used broadly to support their own classroom curricula. This program guide was developed by Amy Totino, a […]
curriculum • festival • Native American • Ndakinna Education Center • Saratoga SpringstripleC: Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society
The Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society provides a forum to discuss the challenges humanity is facing in the information society today. It promotes contributions within an emerging science of the information society with a special interest in critical studies following the highest standards of peer review. […]
ICTs • information society • open access • research • sustainabilitySommer Films
From the Sommer Films website: Rebecca Sommer is a New-York-based and German-born international human rights advocate, journalist, artist and filmmaker, and the representative for EarthPeoples (www.earthpeoples.org) to the United Nations. Rebecca Sommer has earned a reputation in many fields. She was editor at large for Madison magazine (NYC), Spirit and […]
documentary • film • human rights • indigenous issues • Sommer FilmsL’auravetl’an Information and Education Network of Indigenous People (LIENIP)
The interregional public organization L’auravetl’an Information and Education Network of Indigenous People (LIENIP) was established in 2003. The establishment of the information center was driven by the difficult situation of indigenous peoples in the North, Siberia, and the Far East of the Russian Federation. Thirty indigenous peoples in each of […]
human rights • indigenous communities • LIENIP • Russia • sustainabilityTraditional Knowledge and Indigenous Peoples
Traditional knowledge is an important element of the intellectual and cultural heritage of indigenous peoples. It reflects their social and historical identity and significantly contributes to the future well-being and sustainable development of these peoples. In 2007, the L’auravetl’an Information & Education Network of Indigenous Peoples (LIENIP) organized a series […]
2009 • cultural heritage • identity • indigenous / traditional knowledge • indigenous communities • knowledge tradition • LIENIP • traditional culture • WIPO