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The Last Yoik in Saami Forests?, Consulting the Destruction?
written by Hannu Hyvönen, fl. 1985; directed by Hannu Hyvönen, fl. 1985, in The Last Yoik in Saami Forests? (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2007), 10 mins
Made for the United Nations, this documentary chronicles the logging damage that has taken place in the forests of Finnish Lapland over the past 50 years. Home to the indigenous Saami peoples, these Northern old growth forests are essential to Saami reindeer herding, a traditional way of life that the Saami hope t...
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written by Hannu Hyvönen, fl. 1985; directed by Hannu Hyvönen, fl. 1985, in The Last Yoik in Saami Forests? (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2007), 10 mins
Description
Made for the United Nations, this documentary chronicles the logging damage that has taken place in the forests of Finnish Lapland over the past 50 years. Home to the indigenous Saami peoples, these Northern old growth forests are essential to Saami reindeer herding, a traditional way of life that the Saami hope to continue into future generations. Population growth in Finland has created economic pressure - prompting migration to the Saami lands...
Made for the United Nations, this documentary chronicles the logging damage that has taken place in the forests of Finnish Lapland over the past 50 years. Home to the indigenous Saami peoples, these Northern old growth forests are essential to Saami reindeer herding, a traditional way of life that the Saami hope to continue into future generations. Population growth in Finland has created economic pressure - prompting migration to the Saami lands in the North. The resulting forest cutting severely depletes the lichen necessary for free reindeer grazing, and logging infrastructure disrupts the entire forest ecosystem. Made for the United Nations, this documentary chronicles the logging damage that has taken place in the forests of Finnish Lapland over the past 50 years. Home to the indigenous Saami peoples, these Northern old growth forests are essential to Saami reindeer herding, a traditional way of life that the Saami hope to continue into future generations. Population growth in Finland has created economic pressure - prompting migration to the Saami lands in the North. The resulting forest cutting severely depletes the lichen necessary for free reindeer grazing, and logging infrastructure disrupts the entire forest ecosystem. A tense conflict emerges between the alliance of Greenpeace and Saami activists, who in 2005 set up a "Forest Rescue Station" in the woods to stop the cutting, and logging workers, worried about losing their jobs, who create their own "anti-terror camp" in response. The situation becomes dramatic as those in the "anti-terror" camp continually assault the Greenpeace workers with noise and threatening behavior. Last Yoik in Saami Forests? implicates the state-owned logging company Metsahallitus in the exploitation of Saami resources, and shows that the Finnish government has done little to preserve this natural resource. The film explores possible economic alternatives to logging, such as tourism, as well as more efficient uses for Lappish timber than paper pulp, fuel or railways stocks - the wood is an excellent building material that could be commanding a higher price. The issue of indigenous land rights is the heart of the problem, and as of the completion of this film in 2007, it remains unresolved.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Hannu Hyvönen, fl. 1985, Longgena Ginting, fl. 2007, Tove Selin, fl. 2007, Larry Lohman, fl. 2007, Chris Lang, fl. 2007, Rita Thomasson, fl. 2007
Author / Creator
Hannu Hyvönen, fl. 1985
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Series
The Last Yoik in Saami Forests?
Speaker / Narrator
Rita Thomasson, fl. 2007
Topic / Theme
Finnish, Sami, Property rights, Logging, Social activism and activists, Forests, Herders, Cultural identity, Tribal and national groups, Reindeer, Ecosystems, Conservation of natural resources, Ethnography, Saami
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The Last Yoik in Saami Forests?, Niilas Somby - Yoiking the Saamiland
written by Hannu Hyvönen, fl. 1985; directed by Hannu Hyvönen, fl. 1985, in The Last Yoik in Saami Forests? (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2007), 10 mins
Made for the United Nations, this documentary chronicles the logging damage that has taken place in the forests of Finnish Lapland over the past 50 years. Home to the indigenous Saami peoples, these Northern old growth forests are essential to Saami reindeer herding, a traditional way of life that the Saami hope t...
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written by Hannu Hyvönen, fl. 1985; directed by Hannu Hyvönen, fl. 1985, in The Last Yoik in Saami Forests? (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2007), 10 mins
Description
Made for the United Nations, this documentary chronicles the logging damage that has taken place in the forests of Finnish Lapland over the past 50 years. Home to the indigenous Saami peoples, these Northern old growth forests are essential to Saami reindeer herding, a traditional way of life that the Saami hope to continue into future generations. Population growth in Finland has created economic pressure - prompting migration to the Saami lands...
Made for the United Nations, this documentary chronicles the logging damage that has taken place in the forests of Finnish Lapland over the past 50 years. Home to the indigenous Saami peoples, these Northern old growth forests are essential to Saami reindeer herding, a traditional way of life that the Saami hope to continue into future generations. Population growth in Finland has created economic pressure - prompting migration to the Saami lands in the North. The resulting forest cutting severely depletes the lichen necessary for free reindeer grazing, and logging infrastructure disrupts the entire forest ecosystem. Made for the United Nations, this documentary chronicles the logging damage that has taken place in the forests of Finnish Lapland over the past 50 years. Home to the indigenous Saami peoples, these Northern old growth forests are essential to Saami reindeer herding, a traditional way of life that the Saami hope to continue into future generations. Population growth in Finland has created economic pressure - prompting migration to the Saami lands in the North. The resulting forest cutting severely depletes the lichen necessary for free reindeer grazing, and logging infrastructure disrupts the entire forest ecosystem. A tense conflict emerges between the alliance of Greenpeace and Saami activists, who in 2005 set up a "Forest Rescue Station" in the woods to stop the cutting, and logging workers, worried about losing their jobs, who create their own "anti-terror camp" in response. The situation becomes dramatic as those in the "anti-terror" camp continually assault the Greenpeace workers with noise and threatening behavior. Last Yoik in Saami Forests? implicates the state-owned logging company Metsahallitus in the exploitation of Saami resources, and shows that the Finnish government has done little to preserve this natural resource. The film explores possible economic alternatives to logging, such as tourism, as well as more efficient uses for Lappish timber than paper pulp, fuel or railways stocks - the wood is an excellent building material that could be commanding a higher price. The issue of indigenous land rights is the heart of the problem, and as of the completion of this film in 2007, it remains unresolved.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Hannu Hyvönen, fl. 1985, Niilas Somby, fl. 2007, Rita Thomasson, fl. 2007
Author / Creator
Hannu Hyvönen, fl. 1985
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Series
The Last Yoik in Saami Forests?
Speaker / Narrator
Rita Thomasson, fl. 2007
Topic / Theme
Finnish, Sami, Property rights, Logging, Social activism and activists, Forests, Herders, Cultural identity, Tribal and national groups, Reindeer, Ecosystems, Conservation of natural resources, Ethnography, Saami
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The Last Yoik in Saami Forests?, Same Sad Story Around the Globe
written by Hannu Hyvönen, fl. 1985; directed by Hannu Hyvönen, fl. 1985, in The Last Yoik in Saami Forests? (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2007), 3 mins
Made for the United Nations, this documentary chronicles the logging damage that has taken place in the forests of Finnish Lapland over the past 50 years. Home to the indigenous Saami peoples, these Northern old growth forests are essential to Saami reindeer herding, a traditional way of life that the Saami hope t...
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written by Hannu Hyvönen, fl. 1985; directed by Hannu Hyvönen, fl. 1985, in The Last Yoik in Saami Forests? (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2007), 3 mins
Description
Made for the United Nations, this documentary chronicles the logging damage that has taken place in the forests of Finnish Lapland over the past 50 years. Home to the indigenous Saami peoples, these Northern old growth forests are essential to Saami reindeer herding, a traditional way of life that the Saami hope to continue into future generations. Population growth in Finland has created economic pressure - prompting migration to the Saami lands...
Made for the United Nations, this documentary chronicles the logging damage that has taken place in the forests of Finnish Lapland over the past 50 years. Home to the indigenous Saami peoples, these Northern old growth forests are essential to Saami reindeer herding, a traditional way of life that the Saami hope to continue into future generations. Population growth in Finland has created economic pressure - prompting migration to the Saami lands in the North. The resulting forest cutting severely depletes the lichen necessary for free reindeer grazing, and logging infrastructure disrupts the entire forest ecosystem. Made for the United Nations, this documentary chronicles the logging damage that has taken place in the forests of Finnish Lapland over the past 50 years. Home to the indigenous Saami peoples, these Northern old growth forests are essential to Saami reindeer herding, a traditional way of life that the Saami hope to continue into future generations. Population growth in Finland has created economic pressure - prompting migration to the Saami lands in the North. The resulting forest cutting severely depletes the lichen necessary for free reindeer grazing, and logging infrastructure disrupts the entire forest ecosystem. A tense conflict emerges between the alliance of Greenpeace and Saami activists, who in 2005 set up a "Forest Rescue Station" in the woods to stop the cutting, and logging workers, worried about losing their jobs, who create their own "anti-terror camp" in response. The situation becomes dramatic as those in the "anti-terror" camp continually assault the Greenpeace workers with noise and threatening behavior. Last Yoik in Saami Forests? implicates the state-owned logging company Metsahallitus in the exploitation of Saami resources, and shows that the Finnish government has done little to preserve this natural resource. The film explores possible economic alternatives to logging, such as tourism, as well as more efficient uses for Lappish timber than paper pulp, fuel or railways stocks - the wood is an excellent building material that could be commanding a higher price. The issue of indigenous land rights is the heart of the problem, and as of the completion of this film in 2007, it remains unresolved.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Hannu Hyvönen, fl. 1985, Amaranta Cornejo Hernández, fl. 2007, Rita Thomasson, fl. 2007
Author / Creator
Hannu Hyvönen, fl. 1985
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Series
The Last Yoik in Saami Forests?
Speaker / Narrator
Rita Thomasson, fl. 2007
Topic / Theme
Finnish, Sami, Property rights, Logging, Social activism and activists, Forests, Herders, Cultural identity, Tribal and national groups, Reindeer, Ecosystems, Conservation of natural resources, Ethnography, Saami
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The Last Yoik in Saami Forests?, The Future of Lake Inari?
written by Hannu Hyvönen, fl. 1985; directed by Hannu Hyvönen, fl. 1985, in The Last Yoik in Saami Forests? (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2007), 7 mins
Made for the United Nations, this documentary chronicles the logging damage that has taken place in the forests of Finnish Lapland over the past 50 years. Home to the indigenous Saami peoples, these Northern old growth forests are essential to Saami reindeer herding, a traditional way of life that the Saami hope t...
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written by Hannu Hyvönen, fl. 1985; directed by Hannu Hyvönen, fl. 1985, in The Last Yoik in Saami Forests? (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2007), 7 mins
Description
Made for the United Nations, this documentary chronicles the logging damage that has taken place in the forests of Finnish Lapland over the past 50 years. Home to the indigenous Saami peoples, these Northern old growth forests are essential to Saami reindeer herding, a traditional way of life that the Saami hope to continue into future generations. Population growth in Finland has created economic pressure - prompting migration to the Saami lands...
Made for the United Nations, this documentary chronicles the logging damage that has taken place in the forests of Finnish Lapland over the past 50 years. Home to the indigenous Saami peoples, these Northern old growth forests are essential to Saami reindeer herding, a traditional way of life that the Saami hope to continue into future generations. Population growth in Finland has created economic pressure - prompting migration to the Saami lands in the North. The resulting forest cutting severely depletes the lichen necessary for free reindeer grazing, and logging infrastructure disrupts the entire forest ecosystem. Made for the United Nations, this documentary chronicles the logging damage that has taken place in the forests of Finnish Lapland over the past 50 years. Home to the indigenous Saami peoples, these Northern old growth forests are essential to Saami reindeer herding, a traditional way of life that the Saami hope to continue into future generations. Population growth in Finland has created economic pressure - prompting migration to the Saami lands in the North. The resulting forest cutting severely depletes the lichen necessary for free reindeer grazing, and logging infrastructure disrupts the entire forest ecosystem. A tense conflict emerges between the alliance of Greenpeace and Saami activists, who in 2005 set up a "Forest Rescue Station" in the woods to stop the cutting, and logging workers, worried about losing their jobs, who create their own "anti-terror camp" in response. The situation becomes dramatic as those in the "anti-terror" camp continually assault the Greenpeace workers with noise and threatening behavior. Last Yoik in Saami Forests? implicates the state-owned logging company Metsahallitus in the exploitation of Saami resources, and shows that the Finnish government has done little to preserve this natural resource. The film explores possible economic alternatives to logging, such as tourism, as well as more efficient uses for Lappish timber than paper pulp, fuel or railways stocks - the wood is an excellent building material that could be commanding a higher price. The issue of indigenous land rights is the heart of the problem, and as of the completion of this film in 2007, it remains unresolved.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Hannu Hyvönen, fl. 1985, Kalevi Paadar, fl. 2007, Mika Alava, fl. 2007, Reijo Timperi, fl. 1998, Oula Näkkäläjärvi, fl. 2007, Rita Thomasson, fl. 2007
Author / Creator
Hannu Hyvönen, fl. 1985
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Series
The Last Yoik in Saami Forests?
Speaker / Narrator
Rita Thomasson, fl. 2007
Topic / Theme
Finnish, Sami, Property rights, Logging, Social activism and activists, Forests, Herders, Cultural identity, Tribal and national groups, Reindeer, Ecosystems, Conservation of natural resources, Ethnography, Saami
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The Last Yoik in Saami Forests?
written by Hannu Hyvönen, fl. 1985; directed by Hannu Hyvönen, fl. 1985, in The Last Yoik in Saami Forests? (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2007), 58 mins
Made for the United Nations, this documentary chronicles the logging damage that has taken place in the forests of Finnish Lapland over the past 50 years. Home to the indigenous Saami peoples, these Northern old growth forests are essential to Saami reindeer herding, a traditional way of life that the Saami hope t...
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written by Hannu Hyvönen, fl. 1985; directed by Hannu Hyvönen, fl. 1985, in The Last Yoik in Saami Forests? (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2007), 58 mins
Description
Made for the United Nations, this documentary chronicles the logging damage that has taken place in the forests of Finnish Lapland over the past 50 years. Home to the indigenous Saami peoples, these Northern old growth forests are essential to Saami reindeer herding, a traditional way of life that the Saami hope to continue into future generations. Population growth in Finland has created economic pressure - prompting migration to the Saami lands...
Made for the United Nations, this documentary chronicles the logging damage that has taken place in the forests of Finnish Lapland over the past 50 years. Home to the indigenous Saami peoples, these Northern old growth forests are essential to Saami reindeer herding, a traditional way of life that the Saami hope to continue into future generations. Population growth in Finland has created economic pressure - prompting migration to the Saami lands in the North. The resulting forest cutting severely depletes the lichen necessary for free reindeer grazing, and logging infrastructure disrupts the entire forest ecosystem. Made for the United Nations, this documentary chronicles the logging damage that has taken place in the forests of Finnish Lapland over the past 50 years. Home to the indigenous Saami peoples, these Northern old growth forests are essential to Saami reindeer herding, a traditional way of life that the Saami hope to continue into future generations. Population growth in Finland has created economic pressure - prompting migration to the Saami lands in the North. The resulting forest cutting severely depletes the lichen necessary for free reindeer grazing, and logging infrastructure disrupts the entire forest ecosystem. A tense conflict emerges between the alliance of Greenpeace and Saami activists, who in 2005 set up a "Forest Rescue Station" in the woods to stop the cutting, and logging workers, worried about losing their jobs, who create their own "anti-terror camp" in response. The situation becomes dramatic as those in the "anti-terror" camp continually assault the Greenpeace workers with noise and threatening behavior. Last Yoik in Saami Forests? implicates the state-owned logging company Metsahallitus in the exploitation of Saami resources, and shows that the Finnish government has done little to preserve this natural resource. The film explores possible economic alternatives to logging, such as tourism, as well as more efficient uses for Lappish timber than paper pulp, fuel or railways stocks - the wood is an excellent building material that could be commanding a higher price. The issue of indigenous land rights is the heart of the problem, and as of the completion of this film in 2007, it remains unresolved.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Hannu Hyvönen, fl. 1985, Pekka Aikio, fl. 2007, Yrjö Norokorpi, fl. 2007, Timo Helle, fl. 2007, Hannu Jokinen, fl. 2007, Jarmo Pyykkö, fl. 2007, Kalevi Paadar, fl. 2007, Niilas Somby, fl. 2007, Oula Näkkäläjärvi, fl. 2007, Rita Thomasson, fl. 2007
Author / Creator
Hannu Hyvönen, fl. 1985
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Series
The Last Yoik in Saami Forests?
Speaker / Narrator
Rita Thomasson, fl. 2007
Topic / Theme
Finnish, Sami, Property rights, Logging, Social activism and activists, Forests, Herders, Cultural identity, Tribal and national groups, Reindeer, Ecosystems, Conservation of natural resources, Ethnography, Saami
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The Last Yoik in Saami Forests?, What's Behind the Battles?
written by Hannu Hyvönen, fl. 1985; directed by Hannu Hyvönen, fl. 1985, in The Last Yoik in Saami Forests? (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2007), 1 min
Made for the United Nations, this documentary chronicles the logging damage that has taken place in the forests of Finnish Lapland over the past 50 years. Home to the indigenous Saami peoples, these Northern old growth forests are essential to Saami reindeer herding, a traditional way of life that the Saami hope t...
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written by Hannu Hyvönen, fl. 1985; directed by Hannu Hyvönen, fl. 1985, in The Last Yoik in Saami Forests? (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2007), 1 min
Description
Made for the United Nations, this documentary chronicles the logging damage that has taken place in the forests of Finnish Lapland over the past 50 years. Home to the indigenous Saami peoples, these Northern old growth forests are essential to Saami reindeer herding, a traditional way of life that the Saami hope to continue into future generations. Population growth in Finland has created economic pressure - prompting migration to the Saami lands...
Made for the United Nations, this documentary chronicles the logging damage that has taken place in the forests of Finnish Lapland over the past 50 years. Home to the indigenous Saami peoples, these Northern old growth forests are essential to Saami reindeer herding, a traditional way of life that the Saami hope to continue into future generations. Population growth in Finland has created economic pressure - prompting migration to the Saami lands in the North. The resulting forest cutting severely depletes the lichen necessary for free reindeer grazing, and logging infrastructure disrupts the entire forest ecosystem. Made for the United Nations, this documentary chronicles the logging damage that has taken place in the forests of Finnish Lapland over the past 50 years. Home to the indigenous Saami peoples, these Northern old growth forests are essential to Saami reindeer herding, a traditional way of life that the Saami hope to continue into future generations. Population growth in Finland has created economic pressure - prompting migration to the Saami lands in the North. The resulting forest cutting severely depletes the lichen necessary for free reindeer grazing, and logging infrastructure disrupts the entire forest ecosystem. A tense conflict emerges between the alliance of Greenpeace and Saami activists, who in 2005 set up a "Forest Rescue Station" in the woods to stop the cutting, and logging workers, worried about losing their jobs, who create their own "anti-terror camp" in response. The situation becomes dramatic as those in the "anti-terror" camp continually assault the Greenpeace workers with noise and threatening behavior. Last Yoik in Saami Forests? implicates the state-owned logging company Metsahallitus in the exploitation of Saami resources, and shows that the Finnish government has done little to preserve this natural resource. The film explores possible economic alternatives to logging, such as tourism, as well as more efficient uses for Lappish timber than paper pulp, fuel or railways stocks - the wood is an excellent building material that could be commanding a higher price. The issue of indigenous land rights is the heart of the problem, and as of the completion of this film in 2007, it remains unresolved.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Hannu Hyvönen, fl. 1985, David Walsch, fl. 2007, Rita Thomasson, fl. 2007
Author / Creator
Hannu Hyvönen, fl. 1985
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Series
The Last Yoik in Saami Forests?
Speaker / Narrator
Rita Thomasson, fl. 2007
Topic / Theme
Finnish, Sami, Property rights, Logging, Social activism and activists, Forests, Herders, Cultural identity, Tribal and national groups, Reindeer, Ecosystems, Conservation of natural resources, Ethnography, Saami
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A Model for Conservation
written by Dr. Anne Zeller, 1948-; directed by Dr. Anne Zeller, 1948-; produced by Dr. Anne Zeller, 1948- (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2010), 18 mins
Operation Wallacea is a UK based group of scientists who have established a conservation strategy with outposts in 6 areas of the world which they consider to be 'biodiversity hotspots'. A rainforest area of the Island of Buton, off the south coast of Sulawesi in Indonesia is the locus of this video. Operation Wal...
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written by Dr. Anne Zeller, 1948-; directed by Dr. Anne Zeller, 1948-; produced by Dr. Anne Zeller, 1948- (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2010), 18 mins
Description
Operation Wallacea is a UK based group of scientists who have established a conservation strategy with outposts in 6 areas of the world which they consider to be 'biodiversity hotspots'. A rainforest area of the Island of Buton, off the south coast of Sulawesi in Indonesia is the locus of this video. Operation Wallacea's scientists have been active here for a number of years, operating by a 4 stage process in which they survey the level of biolog...
Operation Wallacea is a UK based group of scientists who have established a conservation strategy with outposts in 6 areas of the world which they consider to be 'biodiversity hotspots'. A rainforest area of the Island of Buton, off the south coast of Sulawesi in Indonesia is the locus of this video. Operation Wallacea's scientists have been active here for a number of years, operating by a 4 stage process in which they survey the level of biological diversity, plan ways to maintain it, help the local people develop strategies to maintain income without harming the ecology and work to obtain grants to help development in the local area.
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Date Written / Recorded
2010
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Dr. Anne Zeller, 1948-, Maria Liston
Author / Creator
Dr. Anne Zeller, 1948-
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Speaker / Narrator
Maria Liston
Topic / Theme
British, Indonesian, Planting, Flowers, Wild animals, Biological anthropology, Biology, Environment, Ecology, Scientific research, Forests, Ecosystems, Conservation of natural resources, Monkeys, Ethnography, Indonesians
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Sastun: My Apprenticeship With A Maya Healer
written by Guido Verweyen, 1972-; directed by Guido Verweyen, 1972-; produced by Eva Langsdorff, 1977- and Guido Verweyen, 1972- (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2002), 20 mins
Sastun tells the story of American herbalist Rosita Arvigo, whose quest to explore the healing powers of plants led her to the rain forest of Belize where she befriended one of the last remaining Maya shamans, Don Elijio Panti.
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written by Guido Verweyen, 1972-; directed by Guido Verweyen, 1972-; produced by Eva Langsdorff, 1977- and Guido Verweyen, 1972- (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2002), 20 mins
Description
Sastun tells the story of American herbalist Rosita Arvigo, whose quest to explore the healing powers of plants led her to the rain forest of Belize where she befriended one of the last remaining Maya shamans, Don Elijio Panti. Sastun tells the story of American herbalist Rosita Arvigo, whose quest to explore the healing powers of plants led her to the rain forest of Belize where she befriended one of the last remaining Maya shamans, Don Elijio P...
Sastun tells the story of American herbalist Rosita Arvigo, whose quest to explore the healing powers of plants led her to the rain forest of Belize where she befriended one of the last remaining Maya shamans, Don Elijio Panti. Sastun tells the story of American herbalist Rosita Arvigo, whose quest to explore the healing powers of plants led her to the rain forest of Belize where she befriended one of the last remaining Maya shamans, Don Elijio Panti. While learning his secrets during her apprenticeship she unearthed her lifes work: to preserve Don Elijio's ancient healing knowledge and to bridge the gap between science and traditional healer's wisdom. Funded by the National Cancer Institute in New York, Rosita Arvigo is in a race against time, scouring the tropical rain-forests of Central America in search of cures for many deadly diseases like AIDS and Cancer, before they are wiped out by deforestation.
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Date Written / Recorded
2001
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Guido Verweyen, 1972-, Dr. Michael Balick, Dr. Greg Shropshire, Don Elijio Panti, 1893-1996, Dr. Rosita Arvigo, Eva Langsdorff, 1977-, Julie Adams
Author / Creator
Guido Verweyen, 1972-
Date Published / Released
2002
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Speaker / Narrator
Julie Adams
Person Discussed
Dr. Rosita Arvigo, Don Elijio Panti, 1893-1996
Topic / Theme
Maya, Forests, Alternative medicine, Shamanism, Herbalism, Botany, Maya people, Conservation of natural resources, Rainforests, Ethnobotany, Ethnography, Mayan
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