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Online Indigenous Communities: Using the Internet to strengthen community connectedness.

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Interactions and partnerships between Indigenous peoples from different regions must be supported in order to promote sustainable resource management, facilitate exchange on Indigenous knowledge systems, promote Indigenous perspectives on sustainable development, and determine both the generalities and the specificities of their coping strategies in various situations of vulnerability and marginalization. An international cooperation of peoples from threatened cultures will go a long way to attain material well-being along with spiritual peace. Such interactions will also enable people from marginalized cultures to regain confidence in themselves for their survival.

--From the Call to Action, Our Responsibility to the Seventh Generation

The following is a brief list of online communities and tools created to support interactions among Indigenous people around the world.

  • Turtle Island Native Network

    News service and gateway to online forums, communities and information for aboriginal and Metis peoples.
  • Village of First Nations

    "Proud to bring Native issues, peoples and culture to the Internet in a way that allows us to educate, understand and promote Native ways. Our Internet web site is a place where all Indigenous Peoples have a forum for their many voices"
  • Canadian Aboriginal

    Source for Canadian aboriginal news and information; coverage of world indigenous peoples' stories
  • Native Web

    "Dedicated to using telecommunications including computer technology and the Internet to disseminate information from and about native or Indigenous nations, peoples and organizations around the world"
  • Tribal Link

    "Provides a voice for Native peoples from around the world via: interactive media, public relations campaigns, TV-radio media relations, documentaries and an Internet magazine"

Links to individual aboriginal communities online can be found at:

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