Government, A.I. & School Kids

http://robotics.nasa.gov/
This website shows us the true end of nature as we begin to study advanced robotics as a means of exploring outer space, specifically other planets, possibly to find another nature similar to ours. The robotics discussed on this website are meant to extend to humans the ability to search an environment that is very much unlike our own. It promotes this study by inviting and encouraging students to join Robotic Alliance and to ensure technology stays within the United States.

James, Jeremiah, Sam & Pamela

The Maori: A Language Crisis

Eleanor Barba
KEARGLE
Britt Law

The Maori are a group of indigenous peoples residing primarily in New Zealand. In recent years, there has been a slight increase in the percentage of Maori speaking their native language. However, it wasn't always this way. The Maori have struggled for decades to preserve their language and garner it an official status right. In our presentation, we will discuss a website that aims to promote the Maori language in the media.

http://www.tmp.govt.nz/
This is the main website that we looked at. The organisation represented by this website, the Te Mangais Paho, helps funding for several different television networks, radio channels and music. The organization helps to get individuals their own music deal, radio station or television station. This helps reach their goal of, as they put it, " Bringing the joy of Māori language to all listeners and viewers."

The Yup'ik People

Our web-based presentation will give the class a look into the Yupik's people attempt to maintain a cultural identity in the changing world. We will address a recent education program taking place in Dillingham, Alaska involving a bilingual and bicultural Yupik program. Following are some links to the webpages we will presenting in class and a short description of what they are.

http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/ANCR/yupik.html
Alaska Native Knowledge Network- a group based program working with the University of Alaska Fairbanks in preserving the Alaskan Native heritage.

http://www.ucc.uconn.edu/~epsadm03/yupik.html
Yup'ik of Western Alaska-a web page intended to bring together western alaskan yup'ik's.

These are just two of the many web pages we will be exploring tonight.

JESUS LOVES ME

Web-Based Presentation on the Yanomami of the Amazon

Allie Nambo

Caity Bierman

Jessica Freidt

“The discovery of gold in Yanomami territory has led to the most serious threats to Yanomami survival. The practice of gold mining in Yanomami territory has not only caused the destruction of their natural environment, but has numerous health consequences for the Yanomami people. The effects of mercury poisoning, a chemical used in the process of gold extraction, are widespread. At the same time, the gold miners themselves have posed a violent threat to Yanomami survival. Numerous killings, beatings, and other attacks have been inflicted on the Yanomami communities by Brazilian gold miners.”

-ICE Case Studies

The Inventory of Conflict and Environment (ICE) website is a part of the Mandala Projects that was created by Dr. James Lee, a professor at American University, who was one of the first at AU to use the Web as a part of teaching. The Mandala Projects is a blend of new technologies and new research on critical issues of our time. Looking at the ICE Case Studies section specifically, one can find a case on the Yanomami of the Amazon and the current issues they are dealing with. The purpose of this website is to provide a common basis and method for looking at issues of conflict and environment. By providing background information on the Yanomami and specific incidences they have encountered over the years, this website reaches out to a non-indigenous audience to inform of the issues and injustice the Yanomami have and are currently dealing with.

Conflict and Human Rights in the Amazon

The Enemy of God website is designed to promote the film The Enemy of God, which showcases a Yanomami Shaman’s adventure throughout life. By promoting this film, this website also encourages viewers to learn more about the Yanomami people and their culture. The “Get Involved” page encourages discussion of the film and the culture and provides an on-line community where those interested can ask further questions.

The Enemy of God

The Eastern Band of Cherokee

As the Eastern Band of Cherokee in North Carolina struggles with issues of identity, government, and contemporary societal issues facing both the (Cherokee) Nation and the U.S, this federally recognized tribe is finding new ways to express itself. The heritage of the Cherokee is still being preserved, but as the Cherokee push on deeper into the 21st century, issues never before contemplated within the tribe are now being discussed. Issues like gay marriage, newfound ways of making money through industry, and "going green" are just a few of the initiatives looming over the Cherokee Nation in North Carolina.

Gay Marriage

Industry

Casino Renovation Project

Going Green / 2

Even though the internet provides an adequate forum of means of expression to the Cherokee, tribal leaders are still considered the voice of the people. Scheduled meetings and outreach to the community become easier than ever with technology.

But as technology progresses and Internet gambling gives the tribe more wealth, more and more Indians or non-Indians are attempting to acquire Cherokee citizenship. Most recently African-American Cherokee citizens are being ousted from the Cherokee community through the violation of the 1866 Treaty with the Cherokee. The "Freedmen" as they are known feel oppressed in the own community, while the Cherokee Native Americans say they have done nothing wrong and no treaty has been broken.

Time

NPR

Snow Owl

Washington Post

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Photographic series by Tammy Mercure, Big Rock Candy Mountain.

Excerpt from the film "Voices of North Carolina" from the North Carolina State University Language and Life Project.

Hmong on the Web

Hmong homepage




Hmong Studies Internet Resource Center




Hmong Arts on YouTube and Google Video





Hmong recipes
Home-cookin' Hmong style! You just need to stock up on some tshuaj rog, pawj qaib, hmab ntsa, qhaus, and koj ntsuab.




Hmoobdating.com
Meet a nice Hmong girl

It's Native American Heritage Day

No kidding. It comes right after Thanksgiving, get it?
In celebration, the National Museum of the American Indian features three days of performances and special events, today through Sunday, November 29. The theme is maize, or corn--"the lifeblood of many indigenous peoples across the hemisphere. The histories of many cultures are deeply connected to corn, and origin stories often reference corn as the material from which people are made, or as the first food used to nourish the people. The program includes food demonstrations, artisans, and hands-on activities for families and young visitors."

You can find the program and a webcast at:

Maize in the Americas

A nice thing to do on the Mall, if the weather holds up.