Jessica Dorr, Gates Foundation Native American Access to Technology Grant Manager
Etta Tso, LVCH Community Service Coordinator
Irene Benally, LV community member
Lake Valley GED students
Themes
Interaction
Technical difficulties
Perception:
"I know nothing about your computers or your Internet. All I know is that my daughter went away to college and now she won't come home. Maybe if we bring technology to our reservation, our children will come home." (Navajo grandfather speaking to Karen Buller, CEO of NITI, April 12, 1999)
Confluence of two worlds:
"We don't use planting sticks and grinding stones anymore. But I think our ancestors would be proud of the way we're learning to use the tools of the future." (Agnes Cayantineto, CIT 1998 graduate)
Digital Navajo Wedding Basket satellite dish as an extension of culture
