Media & Communication

Patricia Carriere uses moose hair to create works of art. Her method is known as moose-hair tufting and is a traditional aboriginal art form. Two pictures: one of Patricia Carriere working her craft, one example of her artwork.

Analysis of Oklahoma communication within and between ethnic groups.

Teacher's guide designed to bring issues affecting Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people into the classroom, in a manner that speaks directly to youth.

1 file containing correspondence regarding the storage and production of pemmican made from buffalo from Elk Island National Park and shipped/stored for the Western Development Museum care of The Saskatchewan Creamery, Cold Storage Plant.

Looks at the state of Aboriginal newspapers after the cancellation of the Native Communications Program and discusses the survival strategies used by the Aboriginal Press.

Examines the Indigenous peoples' ability to adapt to technological change. To access this article scroll down to page 14.

A photocopy of a petition and letters sent by Indian agent George G. Mann of Onion Lake to Ottawa in November and December, 1887. This correspondence was in regard to the early release of Way-way-see-too-win (Dressy Man), Charlebois and Louison Mongrain who had been convicted of murder in 1885 and sentenced to life in prison. Mann names these three men as the ones who saved his life on 2 April 1885 after the so-called Frog Lake massacre.

Article describes how project was carried out, lessons learned from it, and future directions to take.

Reviews the creation of a theatre training methodology that uses the principles rooted in storytelling, sign language, pictographs and oral language.

Communication Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 1999.

Examines the role of police in Aboriginal protests and makes several recommendations to reduce tensions in future incidents.

Four news reports: Chris Shade, chief of the Blood Nation, becomes a Liberal candidate; a judge in Ontario rules on a landmark hunting case; the Assembly of First Nations and a youth assembly schedule meetings for May; and Stephen Harper upsets the Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres.

Suggests that we all have choices in life to make and we should chose wisely. Article located by scrolling to page 11.

Photograph. Caption: "Poundmaker surrounded by a group of visiting French journalists at Stony Mountain Penitentiary." From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.

Co-founders of Idle No More movement speak at part five of conference The Power in Law held Nov. 8, 2013 at the University of Saskatchewan. Duration: 32:29.

Introduction by the managing editor on the theme of articles in this issue: creative solutions and developments .

Study looks for ethnic-specific predictors. Shows smoking is associated with risk-taking behaviours.

Integrated Studies in Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 2017.

Contends that cultural continuity plays a critical role in overcoming the native suicide epidemic.

Relates the importance of unspoken as well as spoken communication in the art of storytelling.

This press release expresses the Manitoba Aboriginal organization's "bitterness, frustration and anger" with the Federal Government's "White Paper." Courchene calls for meetings with Aboriginal leaders in Manitoba to present alternatives from the "cultural genocide" he believes will occur if the "White Paper" becomes law.

Historical note:

Sets the work in the context of the rise of print culture and Aboriginal concerns about using it to convey accounts which had traditionally been delivered orally.

Discusses best practices and includes successful health promotion campaigns.

Professional Communication Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2014.

Uses the exhibition as an example of choices made in the interest of advertising and promotion, and the messages they send to the viewing public. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.

Looks at how First Nations and Inuit communities are using broadband networks and information and communication technologies; and discusses the broadband projects and federal broadband Initiatives in First Nations and Inuit communities.

Recollections of a cameraman who chronicles his activities during a summer hunting camp near Ivujivik at Erik's Cove (also know as Kangirsukallak or Wolstenholme).

Brief look at the speaking career of the advocate and representative for the Apache, Comanche, Kiowa peoples of Oklahoma.

Suggests that racial profiling practices should be scrutinized andargues that media publicity plays an important role in creating the pressure for change.

Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2014.

Communication, Art and Technology Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2012.

Author contends that contemporary writers, orators and artists continue to use narrative traditions but in new settings employing new technologies.

Focuses on Canada's and First Nations' claims to territory in British Columbia.

Discusses the usage of terms relating to Indigenous peoples. Part II.

Looks at the idea of national identity, how sport and media factor into national identity, and the Adidas advertising campaign for the New Zealand All Blacks rugby team.

Content analysis study on coverage of Native Americans by some of the nations largest newspapers.

Argues that Canadian and American scholars tend to ignore each other when it comes to research about Indigenous matters.

A typescript of a newspaper article headlined "The stirring days of the 1885 Rebellion recalled by Prince Albert citizens who fought at the war centre in defence of their country." Includes a list of the Prince Albert volunteers who served and those who were killed or wounded. Item found within folder 1 of file Rebellion, 1885.

A typed transcription of a newspaper article (source unknown) of the biography of P.G. Laurie, publisher of the Saskatchewan Herald newspaper. Item found within folder 1 of file Rebellion, 1885.

Historical note:

Patrick Gammie Laurie (b. 1833 - d. 1903) arrived in Fort Garry, MB in 1869 and took charge of the "Nor'Wester" newspaper, which reported on the Red River Resistance. In 1878 he left for Battleford, SK where he established the Herald. He remained there until his death in 1903. During the Rebellion of 1885 he alternated between military duties and the publication of his paper.

Verbatim report on the trial of Louis Riel, including the reply of Christopher Robinson, prosecuting attorney. Item found within folder 1 of file Rebellion, 1885.

Articles include address from the citizens of Regina to General Middleton, and descriptions of those present in the courtroom on that day of Louis Riel's trial. Item found within folder 1 of file Rebellion, 1885.

Verbatim report on the trial of Louis Riel, including an editorial approving Riel's death sentence, and a continuation of Riel's final speech. Item found within folder 1 of file Rebellion, 1885.

Comments on the flooding at Red Earth, Saskatchewan and how the media said people were evacuated to Prince Albert and Saskatoon, but many stayed with relatives at the Opaskwayak First Nation at The Pas, or Shoal Lake, Cumberland House and James Smith First Nations.

Annotated article by Sally Clubb, for the STF "Arbos," about Metis life and their "exodus" from Manitoba after 1870 to what is now Saskatchewan.