Indigenous Education

Siff and Nia Tero Present Cinedigenous Summer Film Series

August 1, 2021

Nia Tero and SIFF Present the cINeDIGENOUS Summer Film Series

Nia Tero and SIFF are thrilled to present the first-ever cINeDIGENOUS Summer Film & Drive-In Series! The series is part of the year-round cINeDIGENOUS program launched earlier this year.

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A young girl speaks into a microphone of front of other children and a man in head dress and grass skirt

April 1, 2021

Indigenous Education Project in Micronesia

By Paul A. Hadik

On the island of Pohnpei, in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), a pilot education program is returning culturally relevant learning back into classrooms, and reinstituting traditional elders as formal teachers.

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A women sits in a group with other people during a conference

February 1, 2021

Reconnecting Cook Islands Youth with Land, Sea, and Maori Values

By Rose Winters

In the heart of the South Pacific lies the Cook Islands – a nation of 15 small islands scattered across a vast ocean – where the people have lived closely with nature since their arrival thousands of years ago.

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Pacific peoples forum northern pacific recap

June 19, 2020

Pacific Peoples Forum - Northern Pacific Recap

In February 2020, Nia Tero hosted the second Moana Pasifika People’s Forum in Honolulu, Hawai'i.

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Pacific peoples forum northern pacific

April 6, 2020

Pacific Peoples Forum - Northern Pacific

In February 2020, Nia Tero hosted the second Moana Pasifika People’s Forum in Honolulu, Hawai'i.

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Portrait of a woman, Yolanda Joab Mori, sitting in front of a window next to plants, speaking into a microphone

March 8, 2020

“Chasing Sunsets” by Yolanda Joab Mori

A poem written and performed by Yolanda Joab Mori from the island of Pohnpei. "Chasing Sunsets" was performed at the Micronesia Peoples Forum, hosted by Nia Tero.

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