0emailprintTraditional indigenous cultures in Taiwan used boats to symbolise families returning back to their homelands. The irony is that villagers resided on the mountains – and nowhere near any lakes – which is amusing for even the Taiwanese group who visited the Whanau Centre. The Taiwanese Indigenous Education Group met with Waipareira to learn more [...]
What is this collection? This collection contains an assortment of digital resources relevant to exploring Native American land and resource development by using investigative case studies. We will systematically take an Earth System approach to understand resource development on Native American lands. Who is this information for? This collection is designed primarily for undergraduate and [...]
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A Native American tribe in the northwestern state of Washington has legalized gay marriage, becoming the second US tribe to do so, legal representatives said Wednesday. The law — proposed by a young lesbian member of the Suquamish tribe around two years ago — was unanimously approved by the seven members of the tribal council. [...]
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The public is invited to attend a Native American blessing Saturday of two Sequoia Riverlands Trust properties, Homer Ranch and Dry Creek Preserve in California. Marie Wilcox, the last fluent speaker of the Wuckchumni language, will lead the ceremony and say the blessing, which begins at 10 a.m. Dry Creek Preserve opened earlier this year [...]
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The World Indigenous Housing Conference, is set to be held in Vancouver BC Canada in June 2012. TangataWhenua.com is pleased to see that two wahine toa who are international indigenous housing experts are part of this conference and are also part of the Conference Committee. Dr. Shiloh Groot, Research Associate, University of Waikato Affiliates to [...]
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OHSWEKEN – Can Six Nations learn from the Maori of New Zealand? Te Taru White thinks so. The internationally known speaker outlined his efforts to showcase the New Zealand’s indigenous Maori culture for a large crowd at the Six Nations Cultural Experience Conference that began Tuesday at the Six Nations Community Hall. White told his [...]
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Fred Wien said aboriginal people — especially men — feel alienated by the health-care system. His presentation Monday at the University of Regina was part of the Aboriginal Health Research Networks Conference. It was based on a project Wien is involved in, Talking With Their Feet, about why so many aboriginal people in Atlantic Canada [...]
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Authorities in Vanuatu’s Tafea Province say it will be months before people will recover from recent flooding. Heavy rain on Tanna Island over the past month has caused flooding around Middle Bush, causing damage to many root crops such as taro, kava and coffee plantations. The Acting Secretary General in Tafea Province, David Tovovur, says [...]
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On May 1, 2011, a small team of committed individuals will begin a healing journey that will see them walk over 7,000 kms in 8 months from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean in a “Walk for Nations.” The Seven Generations Healing Network (7GEN) is a working network of Indigenous men and women who [...]
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May 31, 2011 No CommentThis commentary, through historical perspectives, analyses the flight of Bainimarama’s former right hand man, Ratu Ului Mara to Tonga and the disappointing role of media. As the Air Pacific’s French built turbo prop ATR 42 glided into Apia’s Faleolo International Airport, I was overjoyed with the prospect of visiting Nukualofa. The year was 1988, in the [...]
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