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This is site about intangible cultural heritage in newfoundland...includes community profiles and topic collections.

The web site of Local Learning links to national and regional resources and virtual folk artist residencies, specifically relating to Upper Midwestern cultures. "Archiving Projects promote organizational partnerships to identify, preserve, and make accessible for public use the region's historic and contemporary folk heritage as documented in audio and video interviews, photography, exhibits, and publications resulting primarily from ethnographic fieldwork. These projects serve the teaching, research, and outreach needs of the Center's staff, affiliated faculty, public folklorists, scholars, documented traditional practitioners and their heirs, and others interested in exploring and promoting the region's folk heritage."

"The Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage is dedicated to the collaborative research, presentation, conservation, and continuity of traditional knowledge and artistry with diverse contemporary cultural communities in the United States and around the world."