Pacific

Voyaging Across Indigenous Oceania: Revitalization Efforts to Sustain Our Mother Tongue

15 Grant Cycle, 2022, Language revitalization, Pacific / Por

Pacific Indigenous Women’s Network This initiative presents a collaboration across five Pacific peoples for the effort of indigenous language revitalization. Partners include: Guahan (Guam), Hawai’i, Aotearoa, Remethau community (Peoples of the Sea), and Commonwealth of the Mariana Islands. These partners were specifically identified because they represent indigenous Pacific communities whose experience with colonization has resulted …

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Traditional Seafaring and Celestial Navigation Apprenticeship Program

15 Grant Cycle, 2022, Pacific, Territorial management and natural resources / Por

Island Wisdom Traditional Seafaring This initiative aims to perpetuate the ancient Pacific practice of celestial navigation by training 3 apprentices in the fundamentals of traditional seafaring utilizing the methodology prescribed by the Weriyeng school of navigation and its Master Navigators in Micronesia. Will develop traditional navigation training materials that may be shared with the larger …

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Revitilise Culture

15 Grant Cycle, 2022, Language revitalization, Pacific / Por

ASSIUC Inc. – Australian South Sea Islander United Council – Independent Rockhampton & Districts Inc. Two initiatives based on language lessons e.g., Bislama (one of the national languages of Vanuatu) through language booklets printed and pay a language teacher to present the lessons.Creation of a cultural program with Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and New Caledonia peoples …

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Nina’lafitme: Empowering CHamoru Women and Children through Language Revitalization Efforts

15 Grant Cycle, 2022, Language revitalization, Pacific / Por

I Hagan Famalao’an Guåhan (IHFG), Inc. IHFG planned activities focused on language revitalization for both children and adults. The initiative´s goal was to restore indigenous language use within CHamoru households and the community by making language education more accessible to CHamoru women and children. As part of the initiative, adult language classes were offered for …

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Repositorio digital programa formación docente Rapa Nui

15 Grant Cycle, 2022, Language revitalization, Pacific / Por

Corporación de Resguardo Cultural Hotu a Matu’a oKahu-Kahu o Hera El Proyecto tiene como principal objetivo el poder desarrollar un repositorio digital sobre documentación lingüística de re’o rapa nui que sirva de insumo base para la formación de profesores y educadores tradicionales en lengua y cultura rapa nui. El repositorio se convertirá en un instrumento …

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Revitalization of water

15 Grant Cycle, 2022, Pacific, Territorial management and natural resources / Por

Rockhampton All Blacks Sports Club, Inc. Water – the importance of interconnecting life and the importance of protecting our water from pollution, drought and waste. Indigenous peoples water rights in Australia is not recognized by Australian law and policies. The funds will support threes indigenous communities (Central Australian, Northern Australia and the Torres Strait) to …

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Papahana Puakahinano Student Programming

15 Grant Cycle, 2022, Language revitalization, Pacific / Por

HUI HO’OLEIMALUO A series of a week ling learning to build Hawaiian language and cultural practitioners through significant places sites and Hawaiian knowledge hands-on experiences for students from East Hawaii, in grade K-12. The ultimate goal of this initiative is to cultivate the next generation of ʻāina and community kiaʻi (care takers) There is a …

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Mana Tupuna

15 Grant Cycle, 2022, Documentation, dissemination and promotion of traditional knowledge and innovations, Pacific / Por

Hauha‘a Tupuna (the Indigenous Rapa Nui Guides Association) A digital reconnection of Rapa Nui people to important cultural heritage objects produced by their ancestors which now can be viewed only in museum collections in Hawai‘i, North America, and Europe. Using photogrammetry and laser scanning processes, Mana Tupuna creates 3D virtual reality object. The initiative entails …

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Chuukese Traditional Medicine and Healing Practices: Reproductive Health, Maternal and Child care, and COVID-19 Related Symptoms

15 Grant Cycle, 2022, Health & Wellness, Pacific / Por

Chuuk Women’s Council (CWC) To document and revitalize traditional medicine and healing practices for reproductive health, child care and COVID19 related symptoms, practices of prevention. Families will start to manage gardens of traditional medicinal plants learning about health benefits of each plant. Will built 25 family gardens.

Promoting Traditional knowledge of food Preservation -Temotu Traditional Food (Nambo) – Threats and opportunities

15 Grant Cycle, 2022, Indigenous food systems, Pacific / Por

Network for the Indigenous Peoples Solomon (NIPS) To document intergenerational transmission of traditional knowledge about preservation methods for food security. Which will be the basis for grassroots plant for Temotu traditional Food called “Nambo” Internationally, information to the indigenous peoples’ networks will be spread and also through activities through Pawanka funders