Update on the Old Testament (Yup’ik Old Testament Translation Project)

The translation of the books of the Bible into new Yup’ik (that is, the new orthography of modern Yup’ik) has been of much interest to those from the Yukon-Kuskokwim region. (see Small Business in Western Alaska)
by Rev. Peter Green
12 December 2008, The Delta Discovery
The Yup’ik Old Testament Translation Project (YOTTP) is the work of the [...]

Tumblr Post Digest for hlthenvt

[My apologies for the messy formatting and duplicates. I still can't get the Yahoo Pipes Cleaner to work properly. It isn't collecting all requested and doesn't clean up after itself. But the links should all work.]
The latest from Tumblr Regular Post Digest for hlthenvt

Filter By Age – Remove feed results older than X days or [...]

Tumblred week(s) of 2008apr11

[I can't get Yahoo Pipes Cleaner Greasemonkey script to work properly to clean up yahoo's messy coding.]
[aging] Re: road colouring theorem
Subject: Re: road colouring theorem Hooray for those of us in our 60s! Like we suddenly turn brain dead? SW On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 5:51 PM, M Pamela Bumsted wrote: “March 28, 2008 [...]

Tumblr for week of 22mar2008

[health, tribal law] Court allows suit against tribe for faulty homes

I don’t know how this is related to the Blue Legs decision, but that may also be relevant. Tribal governments have a trust responsibility towards their members as part of their recognition as tribal governments by the US. (and a moral responsibility for quality housing) [...]

Digest: Tumblr 2008mar09

These digests are described here, Briefs 5a, now Tumblrd

[preparedness, accessibility] Horseradish smell fire-alarm for waking up deaf people

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/03/09/horseradish-smell-fi.html Horseradish smell fire-alarm for waking up deaf people Nelson sez, “Japanese researchers have developed a fire alarm that sprays the aroma of horseradish instead of ringing an alarm. It was effective in waking 13 out of fourteen [...]

Wind energy workshop Bethel

I hope they discuss small scale (on the household or even a group of households level) and not just municipal wide. Alaska Battery (ABS) has long advocated wind generators for battery storage.
Notice from the excellent WHAT’S UP – January 2, 2008- Compiled Weekly by Peg Tileston
On behalf of the Alaska Women’s Environmental Network (AWEN), Alaska [...]

E Holomoana Käkou I Mua” – Nutes tai dathl ~ To Journey Forward Together

This looks to be a very interesting opportunity in Alaska to find out more about civic groups in Hawai’i and their work on grassroots organization and governance, tradition, sustainability and development, education, and fun. The convention is for registered participants. However, there is a public open house on the evening of the 16th. I put [...]

Rural SWMP Solid Waste Management Planning

I’m trying to assemble what I have used when working with rural communities on their solid waste. I hope these materials will be useful to others. These materials may be modified to suit others. Unless otherwise noted, this Rural SWMP work is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License

Of course, if you would like [...]

Rural SWMP Solid Waste Management Planning

I’m trying to assemble what I have used when working with rural communities on their solid waste. I hope these materials will be useful to others. These materials may be modified to suit others. Unless otherwise noted, this Rural SWMP work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License

Of course, if you would [...]

Survey of Environment, Safety, and Health Concerns of Traditional Indian Artisans and Craftspeople

Survey of Environment, Safety, and Health Concerns of Traditional Indian Artisans and Craftspeople (Summer 1993)
The Environmental Office of Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Council and the Northern Pueblos Institute of Northern New Mexico Community College are interested in knowing if artists and craftsmen are concerned about whether there are health, safety, or environmental risks to [...]

Lung Protection Pamphlet Released

[please note contact info is out of date] Press Release For More Information, Call:

Karen Young, Coordinator, Northern Pueblos Institute, Northern New Mexico Community College, 505-747-2194
M. Pamela Bumsted, Ph.D., Assoc. Director, Environmental Office, Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Council, 505-852-4265

For Release
October 4, 1994 [...]

HazArt1 Environment, Safety, and Health (ES&H) of Traditional Indian Artisans and Craftspeople

FOR RELEASE ON 18 JULY 1993
Environment, Safety, and Health (ES&H) of Traditional Indian Artisans and Craftspeople Project

The Environmental Office of Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Council, Inc. and the Northern Pueblos Institute of Northern New Mexico Community College are interested in knowing if artists and craftsmen are concerned about whether there are health, safety, [...]