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A cultural center for the Naso people

Posted on February 10, 2009 in Legacy Fund

Legacy Panama1.jpg Photograph courtesy of ACD
The Naso king (front row), Lucho (far left) and several Naso community members pose for a picture in front of their future cultural center.


In April 2008, the Genographic Legacy Fund (GLF) supported the Naso indigenous people of northwestern Panama with funding to establish a community cultural center, including a library of documentation done about and/or by the Naso people. Alianza para la Conservación y el Desarrollo (ACD) is a Panamanian non-profit organization that has worked closely with the Naso people for many years and is providing administrative and other assistance for this GLF project. Genographic team member Danae Tuley recently visited Panama and was invited to hear first-hand about the progress around establishing the Naso's community cultural center:

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Please visit the Genographic Legacy Fund's newly-expanded website for additional information about the Genographic Legacy Fund and how to apply for a grant.

The Genographic Legacy Fund (GLF) is accepting applications through December 15, 2008 for consideration during our upcoming review cycle.

Funded by net proceeds from the sale of the Genographic Project Public Participation Kits, the GLF awards grants on a semi-annual basis for community-driven projects seeking to directly preserve or revitalize indigenous or traditional culture.

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Photograph by B. Alizoda
The Yagnobi language preservation‏ project team and community members in the mountainous village of Zumand.


Indigenous to the vast mountains of Tajikistan, the Yagnobi people have experienced a tremendous language loss after decades of forced and necessary migration. With funding from the Genographic Legacy Fund, a team of Yagnobi linguists from the Rudaki Institute of Language and Literature initiated the Yagnobi language revitalization project "Exploring and Conserving the Disappearing Yagnobi Language in Tajikistan."  Project manager Dr. Bahriddin Aliev shares some of the successes of the project:

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