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color:#1F497D'>Could be a species of Guadua… native to the New World, widely
used in construction, its area of greatest diversity is in the Amazon…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Indigenous
Languages and Technology [mailto:ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Earl
Otchingwanigan<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 17, 2008 12:26 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [ILAT] Amazon tribe enlists Google in battle with illegal
loggers (fwd link)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'>Greetings: Appreciate this important posting....earmarking
another tragic chapter in the human condition.... but, mmnn, was it Joe Friday
that used to say, "Just the facts Ma'am".... uh, bamboo in the
Amazon?, mmnn, bamboo yes, on Amazon {dot com}. Cheers,
Wayaaseshkang. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> <a href="mailto:cashcash@EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU"
title="mailto:cashcash@EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU">phil cash cash</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'>To:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> <a href="mailto:ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU"
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color:black'>Sent:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> Wednesday, April 16, 2008 9:29 AM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'>Subject:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> [ILAT] Amazon tribe enlists Google in battle with illegal loggers
(fwd link)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'>Amazon tribe enlists Google in battle with illegal loggers<br>
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By Geoffrey Lean, Environment Editor<br>
Sunday, 13 April 2008<br>
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You may know it as Google, but in bamboo-and-thatch roundhouses deep in the<br>
Amazon rainforest the iconic brand goes by another name. The Surui people, one<br>
of the most remote on Earth, call it ragogmakan </span><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> "messenger"
and they're<br>
bankin</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:black'>g on the search engine to save them and their ancestral lands from<br>
extinction.<br>
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The tribe </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:black'> whose first contact with the modern world was less than 40 years
ago<br>
are replacing their bows and arrows with hi-tech gadgets in their battle for<br>
survival. They h</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:black'>ave already begun using satnav on their traditional trails<br>
through the trees. And Google Earth has just agreed to provide high-resolution<br>
satellite images of their forest home.<br>
<br>
Access full article below:<br>
<a
href="http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/amazon-tribe-enlists-google-in-battle-with-illegal-loggers-808492.html"
title="http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/amazon-tribe-enlists-google-in-battle-with-illegal-loggers-808492.html">http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/amazon-tribe-enlists-google-in-battle-with-illegal-loggers-808492.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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