Please excuse cross posting ***************************************************************************************** Friends and colleagues: China is home to many indigenous cultural groups, which tend to receive little attention from the world outside China. Addressing this need, we have collaborated with partners in China to bring you *The Soul’s Paradise: Congjiang*, the latest video feature on our nonprofit streaming-media Web site, *The Archaeology Channel* ( http://www.archaeologychannel.org). Ethnic minority groups in Congjiang, a beautiful place in southeast China, face a serious dilemma. People are poor and work hard to earn a living and at the same time have a rich cultural heritage threatened by modern influences. The Beijing Cultural Heritage Protection Center and UNESCO are implementing the China Culture and Development Partnership Framework to assist ethnic minority groups in their cultural, socio-economic and political life and empower them to manage cultural resources and benefit from culture-based economic development. This and other programs are available on TAC for your use and enjoyment. We urge you to support this public service by participating in our Membership ( http://www.archaeologychannel.org/member.html) and Underwriting ( http://www.archaeologychannel.org/sponsor.shtml) programs. Only with your help can we continue and enhance our nonprofit public-education and visitor-supported programming. We also welcome new content partners as we reach out to the world community. Please forward this message to others who may be interested. Richard M. Pettigrew, Ph.D., RPA President and Executive Director Archaeological Legacy Institute http://www.archaeologychannel.org ******************************************************************************************* Meara Butler Archaeological Legacy Institute List Serve Coordinator