Media & Communication

Riverboats have sailed from Fort McMurray, Alberta, to Lake Athabasca, Saskatchewan, for almost a century. The article describes today's system of tug-boats and barges, and traces the history of riverboats from early times.

Assessment of the success of a program delivered by satellite which involved physicians, teachers, nurses, engineers, government officials, rural and urban residents and school children.

Humanities, Social Sciences and Social Justice Education Thesis (M.A.)--University of Toronto, 2013.

Description of the formation and history of the Saskatchewan Indian Media Corporation and its goal of delivering media services to the Treaty peoples in Saskatchewan.

Article relating to the Northwest Resistance battlefield of Batoche, SK as a national historic site, with a photograph of St. Antoine de Padoue Church.

This file contains lists of people who lived in South and North Battleford in 1891. An original copy of "The Guide," a newsletter put out by the Battleford Industrial School, was scanned for the database. Also scanned is a postcard of the Catholic Church and Convent.

This folder contains articles written about the Battleford area by Mrs. Wetton and Mrs. Storer. Clippings from other sources are also included. There is a good section of articles that reveal popular non-Aboriginal views of the 1885 resistance.

Historical note:

Communication Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Oklahoma, 1985.

Speaker discusses her blog, which she developed to critique cultural appropriation by mainstream designers and retailers, and the online boutique she created to promote products made by Indigenous people. Duration: 17:45.

Panel of journalists discusses topics such as: whether media coverage of Indigenous issues has shifted from niche to mainstream, whether it indicates that there will be sustained attention, best practices, and delivering classes at post-secondary institutions. Duration: 1:26:59.

Looks for significant changes through a narrative framework and uses the example of Cobell v. Salazar. Suggests six themes for future research.

Published in Denosa by DNS in April of 1981, written by Graham Guest. -p01: Pictures of Angelique Merasty and her husband, and Angelique biting birch bark. -p02: Example of birch bark biting.

Comments on a movement that has influenced mainstream attitudes towards the body, fashion, and personal aesthetics.

Comments on the importance that Aboriginal media has played in Australia over the last twenty years.

Discussion of the public and media fascination with history, identity and heredity.

Book reviews of 6 books: Your Fyre Shall Burn No More: Iroquois Policy Toward New France and Its Native Allies to 1701 by José Antonio Brandao. Into the Daylight: A Wholistic Approach to Healing by Calvin Morrisseau. Talking on the Page: Editing Aboriginal Oral Texts by Laura J. Murray and Keren Rice. "Keeping the Lakes' Way:" Reburial and the Re-creation of a Moral World Among an Invisible People by Paul Pryce. Grandmother's Grandchild: My Crow Indian Life by Alma Hogan Snell. Red on Red: Native American Literary Separatism by Craig S. Womack.

Journalism and Communication Thesis (M.J.)--Carleton University, 1997.

Focuses on literature relating to driving forces and motivations of governments, education and scholarship providers, and students and families for this education option when students reside in remote locations.

Discusses how the media can reform their practices to promote democratic, inclusive intercultural dialogue, and help solve conflicts between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians.

Investigation reveals that Sami journalists have presented an alternative viewpoint and aided in the renewal of the Sami language.

Looks at ways to reduce glass litter including a public awareness campaign and plans for a recycling plant.

Explores how various Aboriginal communities in Queensland, Australia produced videos to combat the alarming rate of youth suicide.

Dr. Jim Millar, an archaeologist from the University of Saskatchewan, believes people have been living in Buffalo Narrows for anywhere from 7,000 to 10,000 years.

Comments on the 2007 Sâkêwêwak Artists' Collective's Storytellers Festival noting that the audience wasn't as large as past years but included more non-Aboriginal people than ever before. Article located by scrolling to page 16 and 18.

Communication Studies (M.A.)--Concordia University, 2016.

Coverage investigated 319 print and online news outlets for keywords including: Indigenous, Aboriginal, First Nation(s), Northern Ontario Reserves, Métis and Inuit. Tone analysis based on inherent positivity or negativity of event, topic or issue.

Examines the trends, news spikes, and total print and online media coverage of Aboriginal people, culture, and issues by Ontario-based media organizations.

Camsell Portage has become a smaller community in recent years as economic activities in the area have dwindled and public institutions have shut down. Page one: map outlining location of community. Page Two: a picture of the community.

Author offers commentary on the lack of discrimination that he has experienced as an Indigenous journalist and journalism instructor.

Article examines over 600 comments posted to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's (CBC) website in 2009 after the Government of Canada shut the border crossing in Akwesasne First Nation.

Explores themes in coverage of the disease and contrasts the treatment of issues to that found in mainstream media.

File contains articles of historical relevance: "The Sequel to Johnny Horton's the Battle of New Orleans Canadian Style", " 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Stoney Creek", an article in the Winnipeg Tribune regarding use of Treaties as reference material, an article in the Regina Leader-Post regarding John McKay and his respect for local Indigenous persons. Also, relevant pamphlets: The Stone Fort, Selkirk's 75th Anniversary. Also includes correspondence relating to a play about Almighty Voice.

Cover page of "The Canadian Indian".

Reprint of article relating to Canadian Aboriginals, mentioning pre-contact, history from the 19th and 20th centuries, and notable Aboriginals in various fields of employment and achievement.

Correspondence relating to information on the Capot River fort or Nut Lake House, located in the Kelvington-Nut Lake area of Saskatchewan. [Page 2 of reply from staff member of the Department of History at the University of Saskatchewan missing].

Examines international coverage of conflict and how the story was reshaped to suit imperial contexts.

Pamphlet published by the Saskatchewan CCF stating their policies regarding Indigenous and Metis peoples.

Four springtime photos by Nick Newbery, a high school teacher in the eastern Arctic.

Mass Communications Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2008.

The Oo-za-wa-kwun Centre provides training in communication and social training.

Researchers stress that the construction of communication skills and credible relationships are essential in improving community health outcomes.

Comments on the increasing number of Native American students who are pursuing college degrees in journalism.

Focuses on five main dimensions: empowerment, counter-narratives, language revitalization, cultural framework, and watchdog function.

First two pages gives list of Kamloops Wawa citations and related texts which include information about the history of Chinook jargon. Preface quotes from the history of Chinook jargon as described in James Constantine Pilling's "Bibliography of the Chinookan Languages." Phonetic Alphabet; Pronunciation. Chinook Rudiments: I. Numerals; II. Adjectives; III. Pronouns; IV. Verbs; V. Adverbs; VI. Ononmatopaeia. Remarks - Chinook Vocabulary: 1. The 163 original words; 2. Other Chinook Words; 3. H. B. French words; 4. Religious words; 5. Common English Words; 6.

Editorial article examines how the execution of the Choctaw man Silon Lewis is framed in the social narrative which surrounds it and how that framing allows Lewis to be seen as a “savage” or villain rather that a hero protecting his people and culture.

Christine Adam, one of the first residents of Uranium City, reflects on life in the old days. Page one: portrait of Christine Adam. Page Two: portrait of Christine with her mother and friend Adele Whitedeer.

File containing a newspaper article from the Globe and Mail regarding the court's underapplication of Diefenbaker's Bill of Rights, including reference to cases involving the Indian Act.

Compares the strategies used by the Cherokees and the Senecas and notes the similarities and differences.