Sentences with phrase «people preserve their culture»

Jackson meticulously chronicles the struggle of the Sioux visionary and medicine man Black Elk to help his embattled people preserve their culture and traditions.

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Those who have followed the debate over same - sex marriage understand very clearly that law and culture ought to work together to promote and preserve families and communities; we should apply the same vigor to strengthening economic policies that make it easier for people not to sin.

Our goal is to «grow into a family of cultures that allows the potential of all persons to unfold in harmony with the Earth Community,» preserving «a deep sense of belonging to the universe.»

I love NYC because people like to preserve the good things about their own cultures, and there are many ethnic enclaves here, but we all seem to borrow the good things from the other cultures, and there are many.

The very fact that people set out to try to preserve it is a sure sign that a culture is already changing fast and perhaps dying.

Fewer persons, nations, groups and societies have the possibility to get their stories told, their views made known or taken seriously, their cultures considered, honored or preserved.

The prime objective of the festival is to preserve and promote the germane culture and traditions of the Gyaman people and also promote education and development.

He suggests that supplying cash transfer programs in tandem with cultural support, education, fisheries and wildlife management will help people remain connected to their land and culture to preserve sustainability and maintain tropical forests.

The most basic reason why linguistic diversity should be preserved is that language helps people to retain their culture.

I was interested in learning about the forest people now living here, who had preserved their dynamic culture and plant knowledge — in a secret, underground way — despite several centuries of contact with the modern world.

The isolated people who once preserved traditional knowledge of Amazonian plants as well as a rich diversity of cultures and languages face new threats.

Our driving question was: «How do we get a government official to preserve both casinos and the culture of local native peoples?»

The trip is another step in her journey about preserving Indigenous people's culture in education.

«We are so thankful for Kobo's commitment and generous donation to help us shed light on the importance of education and literacy, while bringing to life Aboriginal stories and culture to youth across Canada, enriching the lives of young people and helping to preserve a piece of Canada's history.»

I love my little community - the culture and the dialect - and I wanted to preserve a picture of what Smoky Mountain culture was like before it was overrun by new people moving to the area and by the effect of the increasingly pervasive presence of national media in our lives.

Beyond traditional religions — beyond religion completely — people give to preserve their culture, their children's future and the world's resources.

In this workshop, learn what culture is, why it matters, and how you can create and preserve a great organizational culture through hiring the right people.

In Phnom Penh, guests visit the Apsara Arts Association, which aims to help disadvantaged children and preserve Khmer culture by teaching young people traditional Khmer dance.

Living on Easter Island for over a year, she learned the wisdom of the Rapa Nui people and pondered the extraordinary fishing techniques that have been practiced for thousands of years to aid in the fight for their rights to preserve their ocean and culture.

Home to the Kuna people, who run the islands as an autonomous province with minimal interference from the national government, it's one of the best - preserved native cultures in the Americas.

Maori Culture — Gisborne is one of the centers of Maori culture in New Zealand where their people's magnificent sprit and traditions have been well preCulture — Gisborne is one of the centers of Maori culture in New Zealand where their people's magnificent sprit and traditions have been well preculture in New Zealand where their people's magnificent sprit and traditions have been well preserved.

Working together with several communities in the Sacred Valley, La Tierra de los Yachaqs preserves the culture of the local people while allowing them to support their economy through responsible tourism.

Held annually at the Kapaa First Hawaiian Church, founded by Kauai's last queen Deborah Kapule in 1879, the festival is designed to educate, promote, preserve and perpetuate the Hawaiian culture through a variety of activities for all people.

Their partnership helps preserve the Mayan culture, and allows people an opportunity to work while remaining a part of the culture they grew up in.

The Garifuna are resilient people who have survived many years of extreme hardships and are the only black people in the Americas to have preserved their native Afro - Caribbean culture due to the fact that their ancestors were never slaves.

«One of the benefits of this style of travel is to bring tourism into smaller communities, which is increasingly important for preserving culture and natural beauty in a country like Japan where people are moving to into large cities.»

The purpose of Bajra Sandhi Monument is to immortalize the soul and spirit of Balinese People struggle, at one blow dig, looking after, developing and also preserve the culture of Bali to be bequeathed to a router generation as advancing capital stroke tread a world of loaded progressively with the challenge and resistance.

Places of interest that you will visit during Denpasar City Tour are Badung Traditional Market is traditional market in the center of town, the tour continue to visit Jagatnata Temple is Hindu temple in the centre of city, then tour continue to visit the Bali Museum is museum for take care and preserve for bali culture and last visit during Denpasar City tour is visiting Bajra Sandhi Monument is monument located in the heart of town and build to symbolized Balinese people struggle.

In the case of Belize in 1969, the presence of the Black Caribs just 36 miles south of Belize City, a people who had succeeded in preserving African culture and religion, gave the Creole leaders of UBAD an opportunity to reconnect with their African ancestral roots.

Explored in the three - part vidoc series, «Behind Mulaka,» Lienzo has drawn upon the storied past and legends of the Tarahumara people, while leveraging the video game medium to preserve a culture that's at risk of disappearing among future generations.

Inspired by the outreach work of the Black Panther Party focused on illiteracy, poverty, and hunger; feminist consciousness raising; and radical self - care initiatives, these projects take a holistic approach to self - preservation, thus preserving people and culture for posterity.

The Village inspires people to be agents of positive change through programs that encompass arts and culture, engage youth, revitalize community, preserve heritage and respect the environment.

Ranging from still - lifes to landscapes and portraits, his work focuses on the everyday lives of the African people, their cultures and how important it is to preserve them.

With so many reasons why biking is advantageous for people and planet, it's still been incredible to see how an emerging bike culture is blossoming in cities and communities all over the world — making it a bit more understandable why someone might want to preserve their beloved ride on the wall for posterity.

«Plus $ 50 million to support post-secondary support programs; substantial new funding to promote, preserve and enhance indigenous language and culture; and work collaboratively to include aboriginal and treaty rights, residential schools and the contributions of indigenous people to Canada in classroom learning.»

Tla - o - qui - aht people continue to work towards revitalizing and preserving their language, culture and spirituality.

Nuu - chah - nulth peoples continue to work towards revitalizing and preserving their language, culture and spirituality.

The protocol states that Sweden is committed to preserving and developing the Sami people's living conditions, language, culture and way of life — and specifically pastoralism and reindeer herding.

It is as though Aboriginal people have no human rights to sustain Aboriginal culture — to protect and preserve our Sacred sites that includes the Sacred Lands and Waterways that are leftover from the destruction and desecration of the past 200 years since the invading Colonisers came to our Sacred Lands and Waterways.

Recognize and respect indigenous distinct culture, history, language and way of life as an enrichment of the State's cultural identity and to promote its preservation... Ensure that members of indigenous peoples have equal rights in respect of effective participation in public life and that no decisions directly relating to their rights and interests are taken without their informed consent; (and) Ensure that indigenous communities can exercise their rights to practise and revitalize their cultural traditions and customs and to preserve and to practise their languages.

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Heritage and Culture: Preserve culture and promote status of Noongar people as traditional owners and custCulture: Preserve culture and promote status of Noongar people as traditional owners and custculture and promote status of Noongar people as traditional owners and custodians.

In consideration of the characteristics outlined above, self - determination as it applies to Indigenous peoples is the right of a group of peoples to meet the human needs [20] of that group, including the means to preserve that group's identity and culture.

[57] Given the preservation of languages can increase employment options for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, [58] the Commission considers it important for the Government to integrate strategies to preserve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander language and culture in the IEDS.