In addition to learning the technology and techniques of web development, students have the opportunity to become involved in the development of a project that will promote human rights activism for indigenous people in the Western Hemisphere.
Students publish individual and group research projcts on the web.
This meets the immediate goals of Native American Studies students to have access to and learn web skills and technology. It meets the farther reaching goal of becoming a relevant center of communication and information dissemination for and about indigenous people particularly in the area of human rights. The following is the course description for Fall Quarter, 1996. Students, academics, indigenous communities, Indian reservations, Indian colleges in the United States and Canada, interest groups, and people interested in human rights. Students have access to and learn WWW skills and technology.