Resources

“Educate them to get people to understand”: promoting cultural awareness through short films and Dreamtime stories – Australia

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Published: 5 November 2012 Discover more about the Indigenous community of Mount Gambier, South Australia in this month’s Indigenous.gov.au Closing the Gap community profile. The traditional lands of the Bunganditj (Boandik) people, Mt Gambier is home to a growing Indigenous population that has travelled from various parts of Australia to settle in the city renowned … Read more

Living Voices – an audio series featuring Native Americans and Native Hawaiians

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Living Voices /Voces Vivas is an audio series in English and Spanish featuring profiles of Native Americans and Native Hawaiians today. People of many ages, traditions and perspectives tell their own stories, reflecting the wide range of contemporary Native experience in Canada, Mexico, Panama, and the US. Living Voices consists of 40 profiles in English. … Read more

Workshop report: Modernisation rooted in Santal Heritage – West Bengal

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MODERNISATION ROOTED IN SANTAL HERITAGEA workshop for the youth of Ghosaldanga Bishnubati Adivasi Trust A two-day workshop for the youth from various villages around Ghosaldanga and Bishnubati was held on 19th and 20th of December 2012 at the Vocational Training Centre of Bishnubati. About 40 youth attended the sessions. The major sessions were conducted by … Read more

Andaman and Nicobar Islands – Britannica Online Encyclopedia

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands (union territory, India), union territory, India, consisting of two groups of islands at the southeastern edge of the Bay of Bengal. […] Port Blair (on South Andaman Island) is the territorial capital. […] The Andamans comprise more than 300 islands. […] The Nicobars consist of 19 islands. […] The great majority of … Read more

What is my identity…? – Santal story by Sunder Manoj Hembrom

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Oprom do cet’ tin…? What is my identity…? Joidhon Soren lies, limp and listless, on a railway hospital bed. It is one of the big hospitals of the industrial town of Mahuapara, so his condition is clearly serious. He is delirious and mutters incoherently.  His eyes are fixed on the ceiling with an unblinking stare … Read more