CHPI Participants

The first Cultural Heritage Preservation Institute, a one-week technology and culture workshop for middle-school teachers and students, was held June 21-26, 1998 at Diné College, in Tsaile, Arizona. During the week, twenty-two participants from the Navajo Nation learned about Diné culture and history and how to use information technology to document and record their cultural heritage. Specifically, they learned how to use the Internet and other digital technology tools to share their heritage with each other and with others by using the World Wide Web. By the end of the Institute, each school group of participants created a website project based on Diné culture using information and skills they learned during the Institute.