Back to school: Tune in next week to Early Edition on CBC radio (cbc.ca) for a series on technology in the classroom. Topics include: the virtues and trials of classroom technology, facebook in classes, ‘unplugging’ students from mp3 players, and technology that assists the disabled. Click here for synopses of all episodes. Sphere: Related Content
A Canadian, aboriginal doctor hosts a series this fall on Vision TV and Aboriginal Peoples’ Television Network (APTN). Dr. Daniele Behn Smith is an Eh-Cho Dene woman from Fort Nelson, British Columbia. Called “Medicine Woman,” the series addressed the connections between traditional and western medicines. Watch for the first episode on Vision TV on September [...]
Wade Davis’ “Light at the Edge of the World” is airing tonight on the History Channel (Canada). This four-part series is based on the book of the same name . The first episode is called “Peru: Sacred Geography”. Future episodes take place in Polynesia, the Himalayas, and the Arctic. From the show’s website: Humanity may [...]
The New York Times offers a fascinating article about a Quechan (Southwest Arizona) challenge to the construction of an oil refinery. On the surface, this is another story of native people resisting development on the grounds of tradition and sacred places. The Times’ piece notes, however, that the Quechan are fighting a development forty miles [...]
Saturday, August 11, 2007
SavageMinds has a discussion underway about tools for taking fieldnotes.
The Union of BC Indian Chiefs has made available online the Nesika newspaper. Nesika was published between 1972 and 1977 (1979?). It covered the actions of native groups throughout BC involved in earlier days of land claims pursuits. Search the Nesika archives here. This is a beta release of the website. The Union’s notification of [...]
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