Sentences with phrase «preserving indigenous cultures»

Missionary translations of the message provided the primary impetus for this new form of Christian agency, preserving indigenous cultures by fixing them in written texts and preserving the traditional names of God in translating the Bible into new cultures.

Spend a day or spend a week, navigating the different Mayan sites in an area that is preserving this indigenous culture and its traditions.

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Being a Christian, a follower of a God who will preserve diversity in heaven with worshippers of «all tribes, tongues and nations,» means I have to wrestle with the ways the Church sought to eradicate indigenous cultures in systematic, institutionalized, ways up until the «90s.

The split between science and indigenous culture continues to inform his professional activities, which include graduate school and directing a botanical garden and preserve.

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

«Our results confirm that American dogs are a remaining part of the indigenous American culture, which underscores the importance of preserving these populations.»

It has never been controlled or colonized by a foreign power and so much of the indigenous culture has been well preserved.

Home to one of the best preserved Native cultures in the Americas, the indigenous province of Guna Yala (formerly the San Blas Islands) encompasses over 360 islands of white sand beaches backed by palm trees and dotted with thatched - roofs.

Rainforestation Nature Park recognises the importance of preserving and sharing the unique Indigenous culture of Australia.

Vicuña's work is characterized by a desire to preserve and pay tribute to the indigenous culture of the Americas, and often addresses the fragility of these communities.

«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.»

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.

The debates contest strategies that, on the one hand, seek to «normalise» Indigenous students through assimilation and integration with mainstream society, and on the other, seek to preserve Indigenous languages and culture within Indigenous communities.

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.

In particular, new funding and programs have been introduced for organisations such as Link - Up; mental health counselling; family reunion services; parenting support programs; programs to preserve Indigenous languages and culture; oral history recordings; and for the archiving of records.