The Canoe is the People

The "Canoe Is the People" CD-ROM honors and explores the knowledge and skills of traditional Pacific navigation. It is designed for Pacific youth but will be of great interest to others as well. The CD-ROM serves as an educational tool illustrating the vitality of indigenous knowledge, know-how, and identity in meaningful ways for Pacific communities. It will also become part of an educational package to be proposed for integration into Pacific curricula.

The CD-ROM includes 70 videos, 41 stories and accounts, 40 images and diagrams, of which 11 are animated, in addition to numerous maps, photos and texts. The Storehouse section contains an abundance of additional information: A glossary; museum references; book references; and the full printable text version of the CD-ROM. As such, it also acts as a reference resource helping local communities identify and gain access to a selection of archival materials lodged in distant locations. In this way, it contributes to a process of restitution of data to communitiesn and revitalizes the transmission of indigenous knowledge by strengthening the dialogue between elders and youth.

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