Inuit Student Cultural Exchange
Donation protected
We are writing as the 10 students currently enrolled in the 2nd Year Nunavut Sivuniksavut program in Ottawa, Canada to request financial support for a 10-day cross-cultural visit to Hawaii, beginning on May 4th, 2015. We will be accompanied by two instructors/chaperones. ·
We will participate in cultural exchanges with Indigenous Hawaiians, especially with youth, as well as various cultural, student and political groups. There is a growing movement to revive and restore many aspects of Hawaiian culture and we would have much to share and much to learn.
We also plan to share the story of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement and the creation of Nunavut with the various indigenous peoples there.
WHY HAWAII?
Indigenous Hawaiians are still struggling to have their rights recognized. We plan on meeting with the Hawaiian peoples to share with them the story of how we got our land claims agreement in 1993 and our own territory in 1999. It will be fascinating to participate in a cultural exchange with them.
Indigenous Hawaiians are working to revive their ancestral language. There is a growing movement to revive and restore the native Hawaiian language. For example, there are 17 Hawaiian-focused public charter schools in Hawaii whose curriculum is based on the values, norms, knowledge, beliefs, practices and language of Native Hawaiian culture. We would have much to learn and much to share about the similarities with the curriculum delivered at NS.
There is a strong desire within the Indigenous community of Hawaii to revive and preserve Native Hawaiian traditional culture. We plan on meeting with the Hawaiian people to share and discuss the efforts to revive and preserve our cultural identity (Native Hawaiian and Inuit).
NS students will have the opportunity to reconnect with the Hawaiian people. NS already has a connection to several Indigenous Hawaiian groups from a previous Year 1 cultural exchange (2011). Connecting with them a second time would make for a well-organized and rich experience.
http://www.nstraining.ca/
We will participate in cultural exchanges with Indigenous Hawaiians, especially with youth, as well as various cultural, student and political groups. There is a growing movement to revive and restore many aspects of Hawaiian culture and we would have much to share and much to learn.
We also plan to share the story of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement and the creation of Nunavut with the various indigenous peoples there.
WHY HAWAII?
Indigenous Hawaiians are still struggling to have their rights recognized. We plan on meeting with the Hawaiian peoples to share with them the story of how we got our land claims agreement in 1993 and our own territory in 1999. It will be fascinating to participate in a cultural exchange with them.
Indigenous Hawaiians are working to revive their ancestral language. There is a growing movement to revive and restore the native Hawaiian language. For example, there are 17 Hawaiian-focused public charter schools in Hawaii whose curriculum is based on the values, norms, knowledge, beliefs, practices and language of Native Hawaiian culture. We would have much to learn and much to share about the similarities with the curriculum delivered at NS.
There is a strong desire within the Indigenous community of Hawaii to revive and preserve Native Hawaiian traditional culture. We plan on meeting with the Hawaiian people to share and discuss the efforts to revive and preserve our cultural identity (Native Hawaiian and Inuit).
NS students will have the opportunity to reconnect with the Hawaiian people. NS already has a connection to several Indigenous Hawaiian groups from a previous Year 1 cultural exchange (2011). Connecting with them a second time would make for a well-organized and rich experience.
http://www.nstraining.ca/
Organizer
Samantha Mitchell
Organizer
Ottawa, ON