Canadian Journal of Communication, vol. 35, no. 1, 2010, pp. 85-108
Description
Compares newspaper coverage of the deaths of two Aboriginal children while in care. One was placed by provincial authorities, the other by the Xyolhemeylh agency of the Stó:lö Nation. Survey looked at stories in the National Post, Vancouver Sun, Province, Abbotsford Times, Chilliwack Times and Mission City Record.
The Howard Journal of Communications, vol. 21, no. 4, Special Issue: Special Forum: American Indians and the Media, 2010, pp. 328-344
Description
Looks at Native American journalism from 1828 starting with Cherokee Phoenix, the first Aboriginal published newspaper to Aboriginal owned and operated radio stations by the mid-1970s.
Leonie Sandercock discusses documentary, Finding Our Way a documentary about Burns Lake municipality, the reserve in the middle and the Carrie Nation.
Duration: 47.12.
Examines the conceptual challenges of a national cinema; describes the political and creative utility in the Native Southwest; looks at the work of Larry Blackhorse Lowe, Nanobah Becker, and Bennie Klain; and discusses the challenges that might undermine the prospects for a Navajo national cinema.
Examines the legend of Sacajawea, her importance in the assimilation of Native Americans and argues the impossibility of updating the legend due to American's expectation of popular history.
Discusses the increase in tourism the movie has brought to the town of Forks, Washington and the near by Quileute Indian Reservation and the appropriation of tribal cultural property.