Hokulea Welcome Ceremony and International Exchange
January 14-18, 2017, Indigenous Science, Art, and Culture.
Panama Rainforest Projects and Learning Centers
Previous (2103) Flyer from the Meeting of the Eagle and Condor, Blessing Ceremony.
InterTribal Youth (ITY) has continually hosted International Exchange programs with tribes in Panama since 2005. In 2008, ITY helped welcome the Peace and Dignity Runners along with the City of Knowledge. In 2014, ITY was honored to be included for the "Spotlight on Biocultural Leadership" initiative lead by EarthTrain.org , Dr. Jane Goodall, and Chief Phil Lane Jr. of Four Worlds Institute International.
Indigenous Prophecy states that we are in the springtime of fulfillment and re-connection of the Eagle, Quetzal, and Condor is evident. Panama has the geographical location for a historical re-unification of the peoples, feathers and staffs. We are proud InterTribal Youth is included in this process.
InterTribal Youth partnered with local communities to also begin our "adopt a rainforest" project we called "Guardians Re-forestation Project". Panama's Tropical Rainforests belong to an important biological corridor and can be considered the lungs of the planet. Conversation and conservation leads to protecting native species (including human), improve food sovereignty, food security and promote unity among the nations.
2017 with Nainoa Thompson, Hokulea Captain, Olo, Manny, Marc
Hokulea Welcome Ceremony and International Exchange
January 14-18, 2017, Indigenous Science, Art, and Culture
Our 2017 Welcome at the Panama Canal was a great success. Please see our photo essay here on FB.
from California to Panama. John Tuff Turner, luiseno of Rincon Reservation joins Erin Lachappa of the Sycuan Kumeyaay Nation as they visit Embera Quera nation on the Panama Canal Waterways.
Visit Rainforests, world famous Panama Canal, the highly acclaimed Bio-Museum, Atlantic Caribbean and Pacific Oceans. Small group, informal, no-pressure, inter-generational learning. We will share and visit with the Indigenous Nations of Guna Yala, Embera, and Nogbe peoples.
Topics covered on NLW Panama Program: Jan 14-18
Hawaiian Kingdom's Contribution to Education and Hokuleʻa's Route through Panama Canal January 15th, 2017. More info on Hokulea Voyage
Panama Canal Grand Expansion.
Building curriculum to include indigenous science.
Sovereignty and Sustainable Leadership of Water Sanctuaries
Arts and Culture's role in STE(A)M. ?
Panama is the precolombian crossroads of the Americas and the Panama Canal connects the world's largest oceans. Panama hosts the largest number of bird, fauna in the Americas. Panama is also a source of botanical medicine which the Smithsonian Institute and pharmaceuticals science have extracted for many years.
DR. JANE GOODALL OF "ROOTS AND SHOOTS" , CHEIF SILVIA, AND 2014 MISS KUMEYAAY, DESTINY MORALES, BLESS NEW BIOCULTURAL LEADERSHIP CENTER ON THE PANAMA CANAL WITH EARTHTRAIN.ORG, INTERTRIBALYOUTH.ORG AND FOUR WORLDS INTERNATIONAL.
If you do not already have a passport, begin by submitting your passport application to the local U.S. Post Office, with your certified birth certificate and two pictures.
This is a no pressure, leisurely, Inter-generational learning experience. The goal of the program is to introduce ourselves to the concept of Indigenous Science, have fun and build unity, knowledge and recognition with other tribal nations. Indigenous Science is also known as Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) and is the interwoven fabric of knowledge that includes: environmental sustainability, biological and earth sciences, oral history, health, botanical healing, lifestyle, global climate change, and the management of natural resources.
ITINERARY (Tentative and may subject to minor changes)
Arrival Date – January 14, 2017 (airport pick up at Panama's (PTY) Tocumen Airport included in registration)
Day 1: Arrival, Greetings: International Airport pick up will be provided. Directly from airport, participants will be taken to a local the City of Knowledge along the Panama Canal.
Day 2 : Panama Canal & Hokulea Welecome Ceremony: The international indigenous voyage of the Hokulea Canoe will make the historic crossing from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. Along the Pacific side we will gather in ceremony as the Hokulea completes the canal locks trans-ocean crossing. A visit to the Canal locks and Museum is one of the many high-lights of international travelers. 2016 announced the newest addition to the Panama Canal, with wider locks for the world’s largest cargo ships. Our place of stay at The City of Knowledge (Ciudad del Saber) CDS is adjacent to the Panama Canal on the ex-U.S. Military Base of Fort Clayton. The campus is surrounded by a metropolitan National Park and rainforest. Global and Regional NGO’s, Non-Profits, have headquarters on the CDS Campus.
City of knowledge located on the Panama Canal
While at CDS, we will have cultural resource management educational sessions and international panels, planning for the future. Our delegation will be joined by Panama National Indigenous leaders, EarthTrain NGO, and Four Worlds International. We will review local projects of ocean sanctuaries, re-forestation, and social investment initiatives. In addition, N. American and Kingdom of Hawaii relatives will have opportunities to share water and resource management initiatives and Indigenous Science Curriculum. More on the City of Knowledge: www.CiudaddelSaber.org
January 18th, Departure and/or Forward to Extended Stay Island visit option:
We exchange our greetings and travel well. Transport to the Airport is provided.
Excursion with Hokulea Crew: Embera Village of Bayano or Embera Quera, waterways of the Panama Canal: We are hosted by Embera Village proudly demonstrating their vision on sustainable tourism project. Traditional Dance, Artwork, and Language taught by the original people. The Embera cultural land base (aka “Choco”) is one of the largest in the Americas, stretching across Panama, Colombia, and into Ecuador. Many Embera territories fall within the waterways of the canal.
On Location we casually examine Life-saving plants and herbs continue to save lives. Accompanied by Embera Nation's (“the healing people”) botanical healer, Irma Caisimo, participants will get a closer overstanding of botanical practice and collection. During our morning walk, the rainforest becomes a medicine cabinet to a Embera healers as she will demonstrate the bounty to cure all earth’s children.
Agriculture Volunteership: Labor, Community Service, Teamwork with Native Like Water and OneLovePanama.com This type of volunteer-ship is for people who want to get their hands dirty and learn. You may have a highschool or college service requirement to fulfill, or you may just like peace and to work in unique and remote settings. For the majority of these projects, no experience will be required of you as a volunteer. You will only need a good work ethic and a kind heart. Volunteer positions are based upon interest, project length, or a customized general time period.
Native Like Water and OneLovePanama will be organizing and facilitating many community and environmental projects each year, with hopes of maintaining at least one project at all times throughout the course of the year. These projects may range from planting, light construction, local educational projects. In addition, there is openness to large scale graduate student projects such as education and implementation of sustainable farming methods within the larger community. The human family preserving the environment for the future.
"Ruff Cut" of California InterTribal Youth from Sycuan Kumeyaay and Rincon Luiseno Youth profiling ITY Projects in Panama Central America and Interviewing Tribal Leaders and Medicine family.
