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2007
Young Blood: Children of War aims to explain the current situation of child soldiers in the world today. This site breaks its information down into the following categories: Causes, Impacts, and Solutions. There are also country dossiers that provide information about child soldiers in 20 countries.
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2001
Indigenous Australiana is a site about the Australian Aborigines and their links to their past beliefs and culture and present day existance in European society.
This site is a new site that has been redeveloped from the Adnyanathanha Aborigines of South Australia site created by these students entered last year.
The Adnyanathanha group from the South Australian Flinders Ranges is covered in depth. Through the use of various media, the site aims to develop a wide variety of skills and broader knowledge about the Australian Aboriginal groups for people of all ages. It aims to develop a better understanding of the Australian Aboriginal culture and to counter negative stereotypes. The site focuses on the Dreaming stories of the Adnyamathanha people as well as thier environment, language, lifestyle, technology and visual arts. It also discusses the subject of reconciliation between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Australians and the eight key issues involved.
There is an extensive activities section for teachers and students of primary and secondary schooling. It covers language, art, cultural and extended learning activities such as acrostic, image and word recongnition, crosswords with movable letters, scenes with moveable images, planning camp sites, analysing dreaming stories, critical thinking and source analysis activities.
Frequent meetings were held as we found that we were able to work more effectively when working closely with each other. It was difficult to find free time as every one had to balance other commitments.
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Winner
1996
Join in the celebration! Pow wows are famous for their pageantry of colors and dance which help to make them very exciting events. Learn all about the dance styles and costume regalia, the music, and crafts. The long list of Native American organizations, the list of quality traders who provide pow wow supplies, and the list of related Native American links make this site complete.
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Finalist
2009
"The World Health Organization estimates that the majority of the population of most non-industrial countries still relies on traditional forms of medicine for everyday health care. In many countries up to 80-90% of the population are in this category".(1)
African countries have a long tradition of medicinal plant use. Traditional healers play an enormous role in providing health care to the majority of Africans. Often they are the first health care providers to be consulted, especially in rural areas. Communities all over Africa are faced with the challenge of incorporating indigenous medicine into mainstream medical care.
We will focus on the challenge in South Africa where traditional medicine and consultation with healers is part of the fabric of the cultural and spiritual life of the majority of people.
It is estimated that at least 70% of all South Africans consult one of the more than 200000 Traditional Healers practicing in the country. We need to find out what what Indigenous medicine is and whether or not it could be incorporated into mainstream health care.
We aim is to use Critical thinking to explore:
*alternatives to western type medicines- worldviews that take into account mental, social, physical and ecological dimensions of health and well being.
*different cultural/medicinal practices and remedies
*incorporating traditional indigenous medical practices into mainstream Medicare.
*engender cross-cultural understanding through finding out about different cultural/medicinal practices and remedies
(1)"Indigenous Medical Knowledge:the Law and Politics of Protection"Dr Gerard Bodeker Green College University of Oxford).
http://www.oiprc.ox.ac.uk/EJWP0300.pdf
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2009
WHY HUNGER IN INDIA ? CAUSES AND REMEDIES
HOW CAN WE MINIMISE THE PROBLEM?
RESOURCES-- EDUCATIONISTS, JOB ORIENTED TRAINERS, MALE AND FEMALE EQUAL RESPONSIBLITIES TRAINERS.
PROJECT CAN AWARE CHILDREN IN GROUP, CLASS, CIRCLE, SOCIETY AND WILL TRANSMIT THE CHAIN OF GUIDANCE
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2009
This site explores the Indigenous People living at Nilgiris, named Badaga Tribes. This Project has dealt elaborately about their culture, customs, traditions, festivals, beliefs and faiths. Mainly,it highlights this tribe’s traits of unity, co-operation,love,peace,hospitality and living in harmony with nature, which is the need of the hour.
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2008
Our website focused on the representation of Hawaiians and people living in Hawai‘i in multimedia. Through the analysis of three different presences in multimedia, we brought to light the stereotypical view of Hawaiians and people living in Hawai‘i. Over time, this portrayal has molded the view of Hawaii and her people to foreigners.
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2008
Kamehameha Schools, a private school for grades K-12, has been the target of several lawsuits because of its admissions policy, which gives preference to applicants with native Hawaiian blood. Our website contains information pertaining to the latest, most controversial lawsuit, opposing viewpoints, and a history of the schools.
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2003
Enter this site to learn about the legend of the Sasquatch.
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2000
The site Indians in Brazil focuses on knowledge and information about those who were the first inhabitants of Brazil. The students did extensive research in books of old travelers, who made contact whith the Indians in 16th century and have written about their experience; as well as modern media (Internet, journal, magazines, tTV). They visited and interviewed Indianswith memories of older times in the neighborhood of our city, to observe how many they are and how they live nowadays. The site is a synthesis of the way the culture lives besides the difficulties.
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2000
This site features the different tribes of the Philippines!
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2000
This is the story of Pele, the Hawaiian volcano goddess, and how she settled in the Kilauea Volcano. Pele is forced to leave her birthplace in Tahiti because of family conflicts and voyages north across the Pacific Ocean on a canoe with a few brothers and sisters. On each of the Hawaiian Islands, she tries to dig a deep pit to hold her fires. But she is always unsuccessful. Only after a battle in which she is killed and turned into a spirit, does she finally find a place to house her fires and her family. Pele settles on the biggest island in the chain, the island of Hawaii, in the Halemaumau crater. Pele's home is Kilauea Volcano, where she remains alive even today.
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2000
Have you ever thought of finding more about Africa. This is a great time and place to visit the page that links you to some of the information about some of THE GREAT TRIBES IN AFRICA. The tribes involved in our page include; Buganda, Masai, Zulu, Pygmies, Bushmen and the Berbers.
The page talks about the following as in form of Ecconomical, Social and Political living.
-The location of the tribes
-Their forms of marriage
-Rise and Expansion
-Political setup
-Clans as in buganda
-Hositility
-Why they are remembered in the history of Africa
-Some of the images about the tribes
-Social way as in housing, dressing,
-Economical way as in Hunting, Food eaten,
Also the page involves much of the historical behaviours of the tribes .
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2000
The site will introduce the Aborigene culture through an historic and geographic overview. It will develop also the tradictions and religion in their unknown and mysterious aspects. Our object is to sensitize people to this population often misunderstood and criticized in contemporary culture. Our team, fashinated by the lifestyle of Aborigenes, wrapped up magic and spirituality to invite visitors to appreciate and discover this infinite world.
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1999
THE "ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE OF MAPUCHE PEOPLE" PROJECT TRIES TO SHOW A CULTURAL AND A SOCIAL REALITY OF AN INDIGENOUS RACE INSERTED IN THE CHILEAN SOCIETY, ACCORDING TO THE HEALTH AREA.
IT IS COMMON TO MEET MAPUCHE PERSONS LOOKING FOR ANOTHER WAYS OF TREATING THEIR HEALTH PROBLEMS,WHICH ARE OUT OF THE TRADITIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM OF OUR COUNTRY.
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1999
Our group is researching the Anasazi Indians. We are going to tell about who they were, how they lived, and the construction of their homes. We are also going to tell about theories of how they disappeared. Factual information, graphics, and a bibliography will be included.
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1999
Objective: To enable the visitor of the website to know more about North Pole
systematically and interestingly. Interaction wiith visitors is essential too.
We classify our information into the below sections:
1. Geographical: In this section, we talk about the geography of North Pole briefly. We use graphics to illustrate our explanation.
2. Animals Life and Fern: In this section, we talk about the plants and animals found in the polar regions. You can view its picture and its brief description.
3. People: In this section, we talk about the inhabitants of the Polar
regions - the Eskimos. We present their lifestyle and their history.
4. Explorer: In the section, we talk about some famous expedition
to North Pole. In other words, the history of the adventure to North Pole is presented.
5. Forum: This is the section where the visitors is able to interact
with each other. We have a bulletin and a chatroom for the users to communicate with us.
6. Quiz: To end the journey through our website, we have put some
questions (MCQ) for the visitors to answer. We have created two different quizzes for people who want a simpler or more difficult quiz.
7. Other sections include Climate, Today and natural resources. These are some other features we have.
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1999
Our website is all about the Apache Indians. We studied them in school and thought it would be a good subject to make a web page. We want people to learn about the way the Apache lived and about their culture.
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1999
The theme about the Thracians is too boundless. Too many people think that they are nomadic tribes... but if we look in whichever dictionary or encyclopedia for the word NOMAD we can find: wanderer, roamer. Nowadays, the scientists aspire to delete "the white spots" - the acks - in the humain's history by the archeologie, the paleontologie, the linguistics, the numismatics. In that way, we can retrace the cultural evolution in Balkan - Aegean region and show it to you. And after a look to our entry - reading about the name, the native land, the migration, the social, political and economical relations, the mythologie, the arts etc. of the Thracions - it's up to you to answer the question "Are the Thracians nomadic tribes?"...
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1999
An introduction to totem poles which are an important part of
Northwest Indian culture. We explored the history of totem
poles, how they are made, provided some examples of totem
poles, their stories and the background of two carvers.
The educational objective is to provide a website that will
provide the viewer with a basic understanding of totem poles.
The viewer will understand how totem poles are made, why
Indian cultures created them, and to view examples of
authentic totem poles that can be found in the Pacific NW,
British Columbia and Alaska.
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1998
"American Indians - Clothing, Face Painting, Games and Ceremonies" was developed to meet the following goals: 1. The student will see types of clothing worn by Native Americans. 2. The student will describe popular games played by Native Americans. 3. The student will explain various ceremonies and their religious/social importance including face painting. 4. The student will use electronic means to retrieve, store and use information. 5. The student will describe the advantages and disadvantages of various computer processing, storage, retrieval and transmission techniques.
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1998
Children will get to see other kinds of people. They will learn that Eskimos are people just like them in many ways. Skin color or where someone lives doesn't make people that different from each other. It doesn't matter where in the world you are, you are still part of the world. They will also learn about Eskimo culture, food, housing, and how they live their daily lives. People will also learn about the traditional ways Eskimos hunted and lived, and things that they still do.
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1998
We are trying to teach people that Native Youth Olympics is a sport that is fun and educational for all kids. It is interesting because this sport shows how people used exercises like these sports to get stronger so they could be better hunters. The sports are much harder to do than they look. We wrote the directions so that they could be understood by other kids our age. We hope many people will get a chance to know more about the Native Youth Olympics events.
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1998
In order to get around this native South African culture it helps if you speak a little of one of the local African languages, isiXhosa. This site introduces the Xhosa and teaches you a few phrases and how to pronounce the vowel sounds. Examples are given in .wav format.
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1997
We often think of California as home to movie stars and miles of freeways, and sometimes forget that the land was inhabited by large numbers of indigenous peoples before the Europeans arrived. This site explores the history and lifestyle of the Ohlone tribe, discusses the missions built in the area, and highlights the oppression natives endured at the hands of those who moved into the region. This site is both in English and Spanish.
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1997
Sail away to Rapa Nui, one of the most isolated and mysterious places on Earth. Also known as Easter Island, it is renowned for its incredible statues, as well as other art forms such as petroglyphs (rock carvings), tattooing, string art, dance, and music. This site explores how this seemingly inexhaustible paradise became an ecological disaster, as well as how the massive statues were moved to their present locations. This excellent site is in English and Spanish.
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1997
Divided into historical eras, this web site uses an excellent design to present both basic and detailed information about the cultures of the American Southwest. Each section provides a well-written summary of its era and offers further information, illustrations, and a quiz. The site also has a wonderful glossary and audio clips of the Hopi and Navajo languages.
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