Public Hearings: Overview of the First Round
E-Books
Author/Creator
Michael Cassidy
Description
Summarizes presentations given before the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.
Musical documentary traces Indigenous rights activism from the founding of the Indian of Brotherhood of B.C. in the 1930s to the present day. Duration: 1:41:00.
Vice-President of the organization discusses his organization's role providing information and entertainment to the Inuvialuit (Inuit) of the Western Arctic; the importance of media and communications; their newspaper and television operations; revitalizing the Inuit language and culture via media; the cultural effects of southern mass media on the Inuit; funding, equipment, and staffing concerns; and a recommendation to the Commission that Aboriginal peoples get the same resources and consideration for their broadcasters as French and English Canadians do.