Tok Blong Archive

Fall 2009 (Volume 7 Issue 2)

• West Papua Project Update
• A Reconciliation Ceremony on Erromongo: Not a Story About
   Cannibalism
• "Hailans to Ailans" Cultural Exchange
• Tribute to Melina - a personal story post-tsunami in Samoa
• News and Views from the Pacific...


Summer 2009 (Volume 7 Issue 1)

• Papua New Guinea's Indigenous People vs. Barrick Gold
• Moruroa: The Story Isn't Over
• New Initiatives:  Papua Land of Peace - Civil Society
  Leadership in Conflict Transformation
• Hailans to Ailans International Exhibition
• News and Views from Around the Pacific

FALL 2008 (Volume 6, Issue 3)

• Fa'fafine: The "third gender"
• Climate Change at the UNPFII
• One Wave Festival
• Modern Courtship in West Papua




SPRING 2008 (Volume 6, Issue 2)

• Selling Indulgences: George Monbiot on Mediaeval Approaches to Climate Change
• Congressional Representatives call to end access restrictions to West Papua
• Climate Justice: The Shifting Tides Climate Delegation
• Creative Resistance: The Art of West Papua at Alcheringa Gallery
• Na Maka o ka `Aina Hawai’ian Voices for Sovereignty and Environmental Justice

FALL 2007 ISSUE

• News & Views: Headlines from around the Pacific
• Andreas Harsono on Indonesian military financing & human rights
• Stephanie Peter (Cowichan Tribes) presenting climate change issues to kids
• Apai Mataiapo (Cook Islands Maori) on changing weather & traditional weather forecasting
• Shaunna Morgan (James Bay Cree) working with Indigenous communities to find climate change solutions
• Mona Belleau (Inuk) on Artic climate change
• Larry Grant (Musqueam) on the longevity of climate change
• Imogen Ingram (Cook Islands Maori) on Adaptation strategies of Small Island Developing States

SPRING 2007 ISSUE

• Bio-Piracy in the Pacific
• News & Views
•Single-Destination Tourism in the Pacific
•Windward Ahupua’a Alliance A Force for Change in the Hawaiian Islands
•New Developments at Pacific Peoples’ Partnership

WINTER 2006 ISSUE
• News & Views
• Yan Christian Warinussy Feature
• Human Rights in West Papua
• Accelerating Militarization in West Papua
• Aids in West Papua
• PPP’s 2005-2006 Interns

SUMMER 2006
• Remembering the Marshall Islands
• Rising Tides; Canada Kyoto and The Pacific Islands
• Freeport's Facade Crumbles Amidst Investigations and Divestment
• What Happened in theSolomon Islands
• Intern Snapshots from the Solomon Islands

SPRING 2005 ISSUE
• The American Dream: A Pacific Nightmare
• News & Views
• Fair Trade Workshops And Outcomes Of Deliberations
• Papuan Zone Of Peace Remains Elusive
• PPP: New Executive Director
• Website Update
• Searching For Peace In Asia Pacific - Book Review

FALL 2004 ISSUE
• Dirty Field Notes: What I Learned About Peace, War, And Development In The Solomon Islands
• News & Views
• Pacific Documentary Wins Award
• Interns: Where Are they Now
• Leatherbacks Make a Comeback
• Tragedy In West Papua
 

SPRING 2004 ISSUE
• Peace In The Solomons What Role For Canaians
• CIDA Withdraws From The Pacific
• Beyond Sweatshops To Fairtrade Birthing A New Economy
• On The Ground In West Papua
• Leaving More Than Footprints Indigenous Interns In The Pacific

FALL 2003 ISSUE
•Tok Tok
•West Papua Update
•Pacific News
•Fijian Tuna Industry Powers Back
•Canadian Journalists Hit the Pacific
•Land Issues in Vanuatu
•Encounters in Fiji and Vanuatu
•Communication, Old and New
•Fiji’s Post-Colonial Legacy
•Canoe Building Strengthens PNG Village Culture
•Black Pearls of French Polynesia
•PPP Update
•Dollars and Sense in the Solomons

SPRING 2003 ISSUE
•Beyond Paradise: Foreign Policy Dialogue
•Traditional Medicine in Fiji
•Aboriginal journalists brings Pacific news to Canada
•Pacific interns return with skills and jobs
•Solomon Islands in crises

SUMMER 2002 ISSUE
• Tok Tok
• Pacific News
• lndigenous Youth Movement
• Sustainable Development: lndigenous Term
• Pacific Youth Environment Network
• Youth-To-Youth Project
• Youth Theatre In PNG
• Voices Of The Children
• Environmental Issues: Aotearoa
• Vanuatu Youth Future
• Sustainability At The United Nations
• Mohawk Sustainable Housing
• Solomon Islands Development Trust
• Resistancse At Burnt Church
• PNG Youth Future
• Sir Hugh Kawharu
• Resources

SPRING 2002 ISSUE
• Tok Tok
• Pacific News
• West Papua Update
• Trademarking Maori Culture
• Wainimate Double Feature
• Pacific Kava
• Traditional Healer Profile
• Instituionalizing Traditional Medicine: Fiji
• Sto:lo Nation Revival Double Feature
• Bioprospecting Or Biopiracy
• PPP Update
• Resources

2001 - 2002 ISSUE
• Tok Tok
• Pacific News
• West Papua Update
• Globalization And Tourism
• PPP Year In Review
• Gender And Ecotourism
• Sustainable Livelihoods, Environment And Tourism
• Friendly Islands Kayak Company
• Indigenous Tourism - Opportunity
• First Nations Culture - Treasure Not Commodity
• Brennan In The Cooks
• Travel Unlimited
• Resources

FALL 2001 ISSUE
• Why West Papua Matters Today
• West Papua's National Awakening
• West Papua Just Won't Go Away
• Biodiversity And Forest Conservation In Irian Jaya
• Freeport And The Environment
• The John Rumbiak Interview
• Herstory: Tales Of Women From West Papua
• Survival Or Elimination? Liberation Movements And Indigenous
Rights In West Paua
• A Life Story Like No Other: Jacob Rumbiak
• Human Rights, Militarism And Regionalism In Indonesia
• Resource List

SPRING 2001 ISSUE
• Tok Tok
• An Olympic Cultural Exchange
• Em-Pow Wow-erment
• A Maori Perspective Of Canada
• Youth Suicide
• Westernization In The Fiji Islands
• Sissy Girl
• Metis Youth Takes Sports to a New Level
• Youth Voices in Action
• Language Crisis
• Horse Gentling Program
• AlisaTok!
• Cara Goes To Christchurch
• Youth Empowerment
• Religion The lndigenous Way
• 2 Months In The Sun
• Katherine Tok!
• Project Jonah - Whale Saving Mission
• A Whale Of A Time
• Building Blocks For A Healthy Future
• Frustrated And Doing Something About It
• Storybooks Teach Children
• Keeping The Culture Alive

2000 ANNIVERSARY ISSUE
• Editorial
• Tracing Development Milestones In The Pacific
• Pacific Women Carry The Fire Stick
• Exploring The Roots Of PPP
• PPP's Portfolio Of Pacific Projects
• Conferences Explore The Pacific Pulse
• Probing PPP's Survival Tactics
• PPP's Anniversary Celebration
• Dancing With The Devil - Government Funding
• CUSO & PPP Build Dynamic Partnership
• Partnering With Churches
• Small Donors Are PPP Lifeline

2000 SUMMER ISSUE
• Tok Tok
• Canada's Commitment to Developing Nations in the Pacific
Islands Region -A Message from Canada's Minister for
International Co-operation
• Sharing a Common Ocean and Common Concerns" -A Message from the South Pacific Forum's Secretary General
• PPP in Action - Conference and Tours
• The Pacific: An Ocean of Opportunity
• Co-operation for Ocean Development and Conservation: The Canada-South Pacific Ocean Development Program
• Managing Tuna for Tomorrow in the Solomon Islands
• Sea Turtles -The Campaign to Save the Pacific's 'Sacred Fish'
• The Buck Behind the Bang: C-SPOD's Marine Studies Scholarships
• From Reef to Retail: Certifying the Pacific's Marine Ornamentals
• Promoting Better Coastal Management
• Canadian Updates Pacific Maritime Laws
• Preserving Women's Priceless Fishing Knowledge

2000 SPRING ISSUE
• Tok Tok
• Pacific News Updates
• PPP In Action
• Protecting Knowledge
• Traditionally Respecting The Environment
• lndigenous Science And Education
• Fijian Wisdom
• Traditional Medicine Conservation
• Maisin Self-Determination
• Sto:lo - Maisin Exchange
• lukaot ol risosis (look after the resources)
• Caring For Yawulyu - Singing the Land
• Pohnpeian Traditional Knowledge
• Roundtable On Gender And Economic Reform
• Ecowoman: lndigenous Science And Agriculture
• Pigs, Grade-Taking And Kastom Money
• Pacific Islands Museum Association
• Women in Fisheries Workshop

1999 WINTER ISSUE
• Tok Tok
• SPPF in Action
• Pacific News Updates
• Tragedy or Betrayal: The United Nations Consultation in East Timor
• East Timor and the (In)Security Agreement
• Post-Vote Violence - A Coordinated Campaign
• Women and the Vote for Independence
• East Timor Snapshots: Diary Excerpts
• Canada's Foreign Minister on East Timor
• A New Nation and a New Order: The Political Future of East Timor
and Indonesia
• The Road to an Independent Timor Lorosae: Assessing the First Three Months
• East Timor NGO Forum Statement to International Donors
• Nuclear Free & Independent Pacific Movement Meets in Tahiti
• Indigenous Peoples in WTO Protests
• Canada-South Pacific Ocean Development Programme

1999 FALL ISSUE
• Tok Tok
• External Agendas, Internal Impacts and Growing Dissent: Economic Restructuring in the Pacific
• Excerpts from the Speech given by Dr. 'Atu Emberson-Bain as Senator of the Fijian Parliament
• PNG's People-Centred Development Betrayed
• The Historic Significance of Seattle
• A Woman's Creed
• A General Discussion on the Social Impacts of the Economic Reform Programme in the Cook Islands
• Globalisation and the Response of Maori Women
• Patenting People: The Human Genetic Goldrush
• Women and the Perils of Reproductive "Choice" in West Papua
• Resistance Writing and Writing Resistance

1999 SUMMER ISSUE
• TokTok
• PPP in Action - Tok Blong Pasifik Committee
• PPP in Action - Indigenous Peoples Science Project
• Fiji's Nuclear Veterans
• Confronting Neo-Liberalism: The Peoples Coalition
Government in Fiji
• Solving the Hawaiian Labyrinth: Evidence Refutes Legality of
US Takeover
• Lome What: The Pacific Islands and the European Union
• Reflections of a Travel Writer - Interview with David Stanley
• Disability and Employment in Vanuatu
• Reflections of a VSDP Field Worker
• Fighting Violence Against Women: The Fiji Women's Crisis Centre
• Direct Micro-Expelling of Coconut Oil
• Canada Fund: Supporting Community Initiatives
• Resource Reviews
• Book Review: Pacific Women Speak Out
• Window on the Arts by Paul Modde
• CSPOD Supports Gender Review
• New Resources from the South Pacific Forum
• Forum Secretariat Addresses Fisheries
• Development and Marketing
• Window on the Arts: Meet Ake Lianga

1998 - 1999 ISSUE - Size - 1.78 MB
• TokTok
• Our Knowledge, Our Rights -Conference Report
• Misappropriation of Indigenous Knowledge
• Mataatua Declaration
• Plants, Patents and Prospectors - Protecting Indigenous Knowledge
• Suva Declaration
• The Kava Boom - Will the Pacific Benefit?
• Traditional Management of Marine Resources
• Indigenous Knowledge Small Grants Programme
• No More Witches -Valuing Traditional Medicine
• WAlNlMATE - Women's Association for Natural Medicinal Therapy
• Ecowoman - Women Play a Key Role in Traditional Knowledge
• SPPF in Action

1998 FALL ISSUE
• TokTok
• Pacific News Updates Theme Features
• The Noumea Accords and Decolonisation in Kanaky (New Caledonia)
• Promoting Self-Determination in Te Ao Maohi (French Occupied Polynesia)
• After Moruroa - France in the South Pacific - Book Review
• Loggers, Landowners and Reformers in Solomon Islands
• A Writer's Story
• Window on the Arts
• A Hibiscus in the Wind
• Environmental Issues in Pohnpei
• Ecowoman
• Okinawan Women Say 'NO' to Military Bases
• Back Canada-South Pacific Ocean Development Program (Paid Feature)
• 28 SPPF in Action

1998 SPRING ISSUE
• TokTok
• Pacific News Updates
• Speaking up for the Pacific 1997 Pacific Networking Conference
• Indigenous Peoples' Caucus, 1997 People's Summit on APEC Towards a Sustainable Asia-Pacific
• Shifting the Locus of Empire
• Organising for Resistance and Community Control
• Globalisation and the Maori Experience
• Reform or Recolonisation?
• Export Processing Zones in the Philippines
• Sustainability
• Canning Culture? Women, Globalisation and the Industrial Tuna Fishery
• Interview: Critical Literacy in Action
• SPPF in Action

1997 FALL ISSUE
• TokTok
• SPPF in Action
• Pacific News Updates
• Global Warning
• Cashing in on Samoan Rainforests
• Aerial Walkway Saves Samoan Rainforest
• Creating Environmentally Sound Resorts Mid Life Adventures
• Adventure & Culture Fiji Style
• Cultural Touiism: A Love-Hate Relationship
• Window on the Arts
• The Greenhouse Crisis
• Showdown in the Park
• Ecowoman
• Cola or Coconuts?
• Resource Reviews
• Canada-South Pacific Ocean Development Program (Paid Feature)
• Nausori Highland Trek, Fiji

1997 SPRING ISSUE
• Tok Tok
• Pacific News Updates
• Between Rocks and Hard Places Interview with Marshall Islands Foreign Minister
• Going Home - Bikini & Rongelap Islanders
• Walking into Strong Ocean Currents
• Youth to Youth in Health
• White Elephant or Windfall?
• "Big Business" Marshallese Style
• Working for a Sovereign Kanaky
• The Future of the Pacific Depends on Us
• Mapping a course for the 21st century Report on the 7th NFlP Conference
• Abolition 2000 Meets in the Pacific
• Breaking Moruroa's Silence
• Indonesian Activist Visits Victoria
• SPPF in Action
• A Traditional Wedding in a Manus Village
• Aging Gracefully in Fiji
• Helping Youth to Succeed in PNG
• Bringing Environmental Studies Home
• Window on the Arts
• Resource Reviews
• Classified Advertising
• Shopping with SPPF