1. Is there a First Nations speaker who could be regarded as a visionary with
respect to Internet Services to Aboriginal peoples?
2. What home pages should be regarded as important at this time, and which
would be important for students?
3. I am familiar with Natchat, Nat-Lang, and Native-L. Are there other
Listserves that Native Internet users should be familiar with.
Here is the DRAFT copy of the conference outline:
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There will be a First Nations Conference in Saskatoon, likely
during the week of November 6-10, 1995.
The topic will be "First Nations Electronic Information Services".
We hope to have in attendance library staff, school administrators,
information publishers, and business representatives. In
particular we hope to reach those who have a stake in the spread of
Internet and other information services to First Nations homes,
businesses, and institutions.
For schools the timing is especially appropriate. Industry Canada
free Internet connectivity will be provided to schools as early as
this sumconfigurations to access the best information available online on
the Internet.
Library personnel will have sessions on how to take advantage of
technology to decrease clerical load and increase access to
information. Free library-management software will be provided to
those in attendance. School administrators can attend meetings on
selection of hardware, services to aboriginal communities, system
management, and impact on curriculum and programming. Free
Internet software will be provided.
Businesses will have sessions sponsored by Abenaki Associates from
Ontario. They have provided computer and management training
services to over 7500 clients from more than 400 Native
communities, organizations and businesses to date.
Those of us who will be in the business of being information
providers via Internet and CD-ROM will have meetings to assist us
with planning how to offer these services.
More complete information will follow, but we wanted to ensure that
you had an early opportunity to put some tentative dates on your
calendar for this fall.
Jim Bruce
Sasakatchewan Indian Cultural Centre