And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32) >Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 11:56:56 -0700 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: "Lisa A.Nelmida" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Indian Telecommunications Conference >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-Comment: Nevada Indian Environmental Coalition > >The National Indian Telecommunications Institute and the Ford Foundation >are hosting Digital Council Fires: A Native American Telecommunications >Conference in Albuquerque May 13-16, 1999. > >We are currently seeking papers on Indian Telecommunications issues from >Tribal People. I have attached and embedded the official call for papers >for the conference to this email. Registration information can be found at >the following web site: http://www.digitalcouncilfires.org/ > >Please call, 505.986.3872, or email me if you have questions or suggestions. > >E Malama A Hui Hou, >Lisa > >Digital Council Fires: >A Native American Telecommunications Conference >Albuquerque, NM >May 13-16, 1999 > >CALL FOR PAPERS > >The National Indian Telecommunications Institute (NITI) is a private >non-profit organization that employs advanced technology to serve American >Indians, Alaskan Natives, and Native Hawaiians in the areas of education, >economic development, language and cultural preservation, tribal policy >issues and self-determination. NITI is currently soliciting papers and >presentations on telecommunications access and content issues in Indian >Country for Digital Council Fires: A Native American Telecommunications >Conference. > >Papers are welcome in any of the following categories as they relate to >Native Americans, telecommunications and technology: > >I. Culture & Education >II. Images >III. Policy & Regulation >IV. Economic Development >V. Sovereignty >VI. Anticipating the Future > >Possible Topics >1. Current and future uses of technology to improve education at tribal >schools and/or tribal colleges. >2. Native American stereotypes in the electronic media (e.g., Internet, >radio, film, and television). >3. Current and future uses of technology to promote self-determination for >Native Peoples. >4. Barriers to telecommunications access in Indian Country including but >not limited to economics, infrastructure, training, politics, regulation or >deregulation, or lack of information about existing programs or policies. >5. Native American telecommunications networking: what opportunities exist; >what problems limit effective networking? [This refers to intertribal or >intratribal use of LANs, concerns over cultural or other information >protection.] >6. Current and future uses of technology to augment or achieve cultural or >language preservation. >7. Unique problems, success stories, and/or potential applications of >telecommunications technology for Urban Indians (e.g., using technology to >help Urban Indians stay connected to the Reservation). >8. Tribal use of technology to document historical events or land claims >(e.g., use of global positioning satellites (GPS) or geographical >information systems (GIS) for mapping tribal land, etc.). >9. Current and future uses of technology to support tribal micro or macro >enterprise on the reservation. >10. Tribal plans on current and future use of technology on the >reservation. Tribal Council members or designated representatives only. > >Topics outside this list will be considered. Please call the Digital >Council Fires Review Committee to discuss your topic ASAP. > >Presentations will be disseminated in a panel format. Papers should be >approximately fifteen minutes long and allow five minutes for discussion. >Submit one copy of an abstract (300 words maximum) with your title but no >name plus a separate page with your name, address, telephone number, email >address, and FAX number and the title of your paper by email (preferred), >regular mail, or FAX to: > >Digital Council Fires Review Committee >National Indian Telecommunications Institute >110 N. Guadalupe St., Ste. 9 >Santa Fe, NM 87501 >Phone: 505.986.3872 >FAX: 505.989.4271 >Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Accepted papers will be published in traditional and electronic formats >following the conference. > >DEADLINE: March 1, 1999 > > > >Lisa A. Nelmida >Development Coordinator >National Indian Telecommunications Institute >110 N. Guadalupe St., Suite 9 >Santa Fe, NM 87501 >Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Voice: 505.986.3872 >FAX: 505.989.4271 >Web: www.niti.org <<<<=-=-=FREE LEONARD PELTIER=-=-=>>>> If you think you are too small to make a difference; try sleeping in a closed room with a mosquito.... African Proverb <<<<=-=http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ =-=>>>> IF it says: "PASS THIS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW...." Please Check it before you send it at: http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/library/blhoax.htm