The Warlpiri Media Association (WMA) is a community organization managed by locally elected Indigenous  peoples in Australia.  Both Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples, work together to produce and broadcast local media for regional and national audiences.

Incorporating new technology into their productions, WMA has produced award winning media productions.   In the 1980s, before  television was accessible to remote areas in Australia, communities started to experiment with video production.  Yuendumu, a small community 300kms from Alice Springs,  is the birthplace of WMA.  The association served as a voice of concerns of Aboriginal people in the area regarding the launch of Australian owned satellite television.

WMA projects include:

Shout it Loud – a video about sexual abuse in Aboriginal communitites

Kula-nyampuju ngaju-nyangu – Aboriginal comedy video about the role of an interpreter in the court system

Darby – One hundred years of life in a changing culture

WMA logo [Online Image]. (n.d.). Retrieved November 17, 2009, from WMA website. http://www.warlpiri.com.au/home.htm

http://maps.fphlcc.ca/

British Columbia is home to 203 First Nations communities and an amazing diversity of Indigenous languages; approximately 60% of the First Nations languages of Canada are spoken in B.C. You can access indexes of all the languages, First Nations and Community Champions through the top navigation on all pages of this website.

Explore the map below by zooming with the controls on the top left and clicking on the map to learn more about languages and First Nations.

Please explore the website and learn more about the First Peoples of the lands that are now called British Columbia.

http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/abed/

The Aboriginal Education Enhancements Branch is responsible for developing policies, procedures and initiatives related to the education of Aboriginal students in British Columbia.

• To improve school success for all Aboriginal students
• To increase Aboriginal voice in the public education system
• To increase knowledge of Aboriginal language, culture and history within the public school system
• To increase Aboriginal communities’ involvement and satisfaction with the public school system

http://aboriginallearning.ca/resources/1/1

Looking for a post-secondary resource for BC Aboriginal learners? Well here you go! “Aboriginal Learning Links” provides organized links to other websites that can help you find information on Financial Support, Child Care, Housing and even Career Planning. To start, just click on the links to the left. If you want to save your links with your own profile, you can create an account and “add to your favourites!”

(ABLearn, 2009)

http://www.fphlcc.ca/

The First Peoples’ Council serves:

• 203 B.C. First Nations
• 24 Tribal Councils
• 59 language dialects
• First Nations arts and culture organizations
• Aboriginal artists
• Aboriginal education organizations

(FPHLCC, 2009)

http://www.fnesc.bc.ca/

The First Nations Education Steering Committee (FNESC) is an independent society that is committed to improving education for all First Nations learners in British Columbia. FNESC is led by representatives of First Nations across the province.

FNESC also provides administrative services for the First Nations Schools Association, IAHLA and other partner organizations. (FNESC, 2009)

Homepage

The First Nations Schools Association collaborates with First Nations schools to create nurturing environments that develop learners’ pride and competence in their First Nations language and heritage and equips them to realize their full potential, within self-governing First Nations communities.

The FNSA is a registered society and charity that is directed by First Nations schools in BC. (FNSA, 2009)

http://ipcaucus.net/

This website is a gathering place for international issues around Aboriginal Groups.  There are many links to United Nations documentation as well as issues concerning aboriginal people from around the globe.

Mukurtu Wumpurrarni-kari Archive was created by the Warmungu community in Australia and is housed at the Nyinkka Nyunyu Art and Culture center.  It contains multimedia of cultural artifacts and documents.  The content is defined by parameters set my the Warumungu cultural protocols which set who can view and distribute the cultural knowledge.  This website contains information about the archive and  its future directions.

In the creation of the archive founding members communicating with:

Ara Irititja

Northern Territory Library

PARADISEC

Plateau Center for American Indian Studies

In the future the group hopes to develop:

• An audio component that allows audio tracks to be recorded on the fly and attached to content already in the database.
• Mapping capabilities
• Addition of public collections
• Robust installation package
• Production/remix functionality

Archive Image [Online Image]. (n.d.). Retrieved November 17, 2009, from Mukurtu Wumpurranri-kari website. http://www.mukurtuarchive.org/future.html

http://www.bcafn.ca/

The BC Assembly of First Nations (BCAFN) is a Political Territorial Organization (PTO) that represents the 203 First Nations in British Columbia. The BCAFN is inclusive in its representation including First Nations involved in the treaty process and those that have chosen not to engage. In addition, we also represent the modern and historic treaty First Nations of BC, which include the Nisga’a Nation, and the Douglas and Treaty 8 First Nations. An elected Regional Chief provides the political leadership and activities for the BCAFN, and this role is a three-year term, elected by the Chiefs of the First Nations of BC.

The BCAFN is a regional arm of the National Assembly of First Nations (AFN), which makes the Regional Chief an Executive Member of the AFN Executive Committee. The Regional Chief represents the regional concerns of the BCAFN constituents on the Executive Committee to ensure that regional perspectives are included in National political discussions and decision-making. The Regional Chief also holds specific portfolios that deal with national policy issues and concerns.(BCAFN, 2009)

http://www.secheltnation.ca/departments/sigd/index.php

This is the website for the Sechelt Nation (Shishalh).  What is historic about the Sechelt Nation is that they were the first aboriginal group to gain the right to self government.  What this means is that there is another level of government that exists, federal, provinicial and now Sechelt governmental.  The SGD (Sechelt Governmental District) oversees education, levy’s property taxes, recipient of provincial grants, service purchasing such as fire protection, sewer and the collection and remittance of provincial school taxes, regional taxes.  These funds are to support the Shishalh Nation as required.  They are also guarenteed a place on the local municipal council, the Sunshine Coast Regional District.

Isuma TV is an independent network for Inuit and Indigenous multimedia launched by Igloolik Isuma Productions. This platform enables users to upload and exchange multimedia, interact and connect with other users, to create their own channel, and to watch Indigenous videos and offer feedback.   Isuma TV 2.0 was launched in April 2009 with over 1000 films in thirty different Indigenous languages. Igloolik Isuma Productions produced “The Fast Runner Trilogy of award-winning Inuit-language films: Atanarjuat The Fast Runner, The Journals of Knud Rasmussen, and Before Tomorrow; in association with Nunavut Independent TV Network (NITV), imagineNATIVE Film+Media Arts Festival, Vtape, Native Communications Society of the NWT and other non-profit agencies.”

Isuma TV logo [Online Image]. (n.d.). Retrieved November 17, 2009, from Isuma website. http://www.isuma.tv/lo/en