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Sunday, December 5, 2010

The Canoe is the People

The Canoe Is the People: Indigenous Navigation in the Pacific is the second of a
series of interactive CD-ROMs created as part of UNESCO’s Local and Indigenous
Knowledge Systems (LINKS) programme.  

The CD-ROM includes 77 videos, 41 stories and accounts, 40 images and diagrams about indigenous navigation in the Pacific.   Hekenukumai features in one video explaining how to prepare and select the right tree to build a canoe.

The CD-ROM is free of charge to educational institutions and individuals.  Click here for more information.

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