Indigenous Internet

The Roundtable discussion of the pros and cons of the Internet for Indigenous peoples is located on the Earthwatch Institute’s website.   The discussion features Dr. Sharon Bohn Gmelch and Reuel Daniels from Union College, Robyn Kamira from the Maori tribal groups of Te Rarawa and Te Aupouri,  John Afele, originally from Ghana, is the director of the International Program for Africa at the University of Guelph, Ontario, and Rodney Bobiwash, who was a member of the Anishnabek Nation, on the north shore of Lake Huron, Canada.

The Earthwatch Institute’s mission statement is “To find solutions to sustainability and open minds through the practice of scientific field research.”  Other interesting articles found on this site include:

A Loss for Words By Michael Krauss – “Over half of the world’s 6,000 languages will not survive our children’s generation. Can we protect our cultural diversity?”

The Accidental Empire by Nini Bloch – “Globalization may not be intended to create an empire based on Western culture, but it is having that effect all the same. A look at the past gives us insight on how cultural diversity weathers hegemony.”

Earthwatch logo [Online Image]. (n.d.). Retrieved November 17, 2009, from Earthwatch website. http://www.wadsworth.com/anthropology_d/special_features/ext/earthwatch/rt.html