{"id":1998,"date":"2012-10-21T13:43:44","date_gmt":"2012-10-21T20:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec521sept12\/?p=1998"},"modified":"2012-10-21T13:43:44","modified_gmt":"2012-10-21T20:43:44","slug":"weblog-2-post-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec521sept12\/2012\/10\/21\/weblog-2-post-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Weblog #2: Post #2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fourdirectionsteachings.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Four Directions Teaching<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Indigenous language and culture is at risk of being lost, and non-aboriginal society &#8220;generally fails to see why aboriginal cultural revitalization matters, at best supporting aboriginal approaches superficially, and valuing success only as defined from non-aboriginal views.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Four Directions brings together elders and traditional teachers representing the Blackfoot, Cree, Ojibwe, Mohawk, and Mi\u2019kmaq. \u00a0Together, they share teachings about their history and culture. The site uses animated graphics to visualize each of the oral teachings. The site provides biographies, transcripts, and learning resources.<\/p>\n<p>Four Directions &#8211; English Version<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.fourdirectionsteachings.com\/main.html<\/p>\n<p>Four Directions and the Full Circle Project of Toronto works to address how indigenous knowledge can be shared with urban youth in a respectful manner.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.invertmedia.com\/images\/full_circle_summary.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Full Circle Project PDF<\/a> Includes:<\/p>\n<p>1. Vision (Roots)<br \/>\n2. Elements (Sap)<br \/>\n3. \u00a0Foundations (Tree Core)<br \/>\n4. \u00a0Secondary Structure (Outer Bark)<br \/>\n5. \u00a0Natural Development (Branches)<br \/>\n6. Human Gifts (Leaves)<br \/>\n7. \u00a0Measurement (Seeds)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">&#8220;It is not important to preserve our traditions, it is important to allow our traditions<br \/>\nto preserve us.&#8221;<br \/>\n~ Gael High Pine,\u00a0\u201cThe Great Spirit in the Modern World,\u201d Akwesasne Notes, 1973<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four Directions Teaching Indigenous language and culture is at risk of being lost, and non-aboriginal society &#8220;generally fails to see why aboriginal cultural revitalization matters, at best supporting aboriginal approaches superficially, and valuing success only as defined from non-aboriginal views.&#8221; Four Directions brings together elders and traditional teachers representing the Blackfoot, Cree, Ojibwe, Mohawk, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15100,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[163],"tags":[252595,233,5700,1468,78,558],"class_list":["post-1998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-module-2","tag-culture-and-learning","tag-education","tag-indigenous-culture","tag-language-arts","tag-learning","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec521sept12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec521sept12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec521sept12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec521sept12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15100"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec521sept12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1998"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec521sept12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1999,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec521sept12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1998\/revisions\/1999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec521sept12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec521sept12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec521sept12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}