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.
Canadian Journal of Communication, vol. 23, no. 2, 1998, pp. [163-?]
Description
Examines the evolution and development of the radio station serving First Nations in Southwestern Ontario and evaluates its success as a viable community institution.
Maclean's, vol. 111, no. 52, December/January 1998, pp. 114-[?]
Description
Discussion of mini-series based on the historical novel The Temptations of Big Bear about the Plains Cree leader and his fight to gain a fair Treaty settlement for his people. Filmed in Saskatchewan by Gil Cardinal of Alberta.
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 79, no. 2, June 1998, pp. 341-344
Description
Reviews three books:
Copying People by Daniel Francis.
Proclaiming the Gospel to the Indians and the Metis by Raymond J. A. Huel.
The True Spirit and Original Intent of Treaty 7 by the Treaty 7 Tribal Council in Alberta.
Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review, scroll to p. 341.
Discussion of how television and radio media can aid cultural survival by providing culturally sensitive programming in minority languages, and how Canada has been a leader in First Nations programming.
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 28, no. 3, Fall, 1998, p. 3
Description
First Nation's people encouraged to consider careers in the film industry through on-site experience in $8.5 million, four hour mini-series by CBC being filmed on Pasqua.
Canadian Journal of Communication, vol. 23, no. 1, [Monopolies of Knowledge in the University and Society], Winter, 1998, pp. [31-?]
Description
Questions about art and whether it should be referred to in the western sense or whether art is the repository and communicator of those with culturally specific knowledge.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 11, no. 1, 1987, pp. 67-79
Description
Studies the movie portrayal of Native Americans from a historical perspective and discusses how the 1950 film has been touted as the first sound picture depicting Native Americans sympathetically.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 18, no. 2, 1998, pp. 335-373
Description
Interviews with three visual artists whose work emphasizes cultural meanings within the film and video work by Loretta Todd and photography by Shelley Niro and Patricia Deadman.
Non-profit organization formed to re-establish delivery of communication programs to Saskatchewan First Nations as initially pioneered by the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 10, no. 2, Series 2; [Special Issue on] Louis Owens, Summer, 1998, pp. 61-75
Description
Explores the conflict between white and traditional values and their expression in two mixedblood brothers, as well as parallels with the Old West genre.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.