Newspapers

Discusses the federal election results and its impact on Aboriginal peoples.

Family history of Royal Canadian Mounted Police Constable, the late Robin Cameron, the Constable who was killed in the line of duty in Saskatchewan in 2006.

Canada, USA and Australia describe United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as "profoundly imperfect;" contrary to Canadian Parliamentary Committee on Aboriginal Affairs assessment and support of the document.

Survey of publications (and their library holdings) by and about Canadian Inuit, over the last fifty years.

Analysis of fifteen major daily newspapers' coverage of the issues over a one week period. Done to test influence of three variables: region of publication, corporate structure of publisher, and sources used in reports.

Remembering an early activist who was president of the Indian Association of Alberta as well as a noted academic.

Website includes links to digitized student records, list and ledgers, cemetery information, teaching resources, and publications such as The Indian Helper and The Red Man.

Thesis (M.A.)--Baylor University, 2006

Discusses how the founder of Carlisle Indian Industrial School manipulated coverage of the Ghost Dance and Wounded Knee to further his own agenda of eliminating the competition in the Catholic contract schools.

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

Looks at reconciliation discourse in the mainstream print media before, during and over the course of the life of the TRC.

Chapter XIII, "Prince Albert and the Rebellion". A short account of the Resistance and its effects on Prince Albert by the Editor of the Prince Albert newspaper. Two images included (Telegraph trail and view of Prince Albert in the 1880s).

The chapter is largely taken from an account published in the Prince Albert newspaper.

Argues that the newspaper featured familiar Euro-settler stereotypes of the Anishanbe in order to appeal to a Euro-settler audience.

Questions about the legendary little people are raised by the author after someone tugged on a house guest's hair.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.5.

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--Washington State University, 2008.

Looks at Sequoyah, the man who created the Cherokee alphabet.

Looks at the history of a newspaper that argued the rights of Native Americans for six years.

Discusses David Ahenakew, how the FSIN now needs to move forward to address social, economic and political issues, and again build a good working relationship with the federal and provincial governments.

Author reflects on the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP) and argues that there is a need to stregthen the First Nations with eyes focused on the long term future.

Examines the various forms of humor that Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins uses to disrupt non-Native expectations of Indigenous identity. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 1.

Celebrates holiday customs with a humourous rendition of the well known Christmas poem.

Study found significantly fewer newspaper articles on cardiovascular disease and cancer and found that less than half included motivating information.

Observes the rise and fall of Christianity within communities.

Liberal Studies Project (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2008.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 2000.

Discusses global warming as it impacts ecosystems and hunting grounds.

Comments regarding two articles; Margaret Wente's article in the Globe and Mail of October 13, 2007 Section A27 titled "White Guilt, dead children in the name of political correctness" and the response to this article in the next day of the Globe and Mail by Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux' titled "Inside Looking Out, Outside Looking In".

Discusses how the people of Saskatchewan support their social agencies in order to serve the needy and less fortunate people in the province. Agencies include the Saskatoon Friendship Inn, Women of the Dawn, and the Friendship Centre in Regina.

Published by Canadian government's Indian and Northern Affairs, Indian and Eskimo Affairs Program and intended for dissemination to First Nations people. Contains links to each issue of the newspaper and the entire collection is searchable. Articles reflect the attitudes and polices of the time.

[American Studies] Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Minnesota, 2005.

Comments on the challenges of developing a Sami mediascape due to diversity in language, culture, and area of residence.

Sociology and Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2008.

Analysis of rhetoric used in news coverage of 1998 referendum on the Nisga'a Treaty and 2002 BC Treaty Referendum in the National Post, Globe and Mail, Vancouver Sun, The Province, Abbotsford Times, Chilliwack Times, and Kamloops Daily News.

Sketch of a convoy of Northwest Police on the march.

Copy of Illustration from ILLUSTRATED WAR NEWS, April 4, 1885 depicting Battle of Duck Lake, March 7, 1885.

A copied image of text from newspaper advertising the ferry at Gabriel's Crossing. Gabriel Dumont's name appears at the bottom. Dated May 1880.

St. Philip's Rangers Hockey Tournament held at the Cote Sports Complex.

Looks at how issues surrounding the request for a national inquiry were represented in The National Post, Canadian Broadcasting Centre (CBC), The Vancouver Sun and the Canadian Television News (CTV) between 2010 and 2014.

The April 1995 issue of Crosscurrents, with articles on Leonard Peltier, Canadian-United States uranium land deals, and inmate treatment in Canadian prisons.

Historical note:

Crosscurrents is a journal based in Saskatoon, with offices at 134 Avenue F South.

Book Review of: Cultural Politics and the Mass Media by Patrick J. Daley and Beverly A. James

Reports findings of survey of 246 people about usage of television, radio and newspapers.

Draws on historical documents retrieved from Libraries and Archives Canada to reconstruct the narrative of the mass murder that occurred in 1873 near Battle Creek. Challenges the sources which name the date as May 1, asserting that it was June 1 based on trial testimony; examines press coverage following the event. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 81.

Comments on the Assembly of First Nations' Day of Action on June 29, 2007.

Commentary in regards to the opening of the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) on September 22, 2004, particularly the clichés, exclusion and stereotyping.

Advocates that effective self-government must be developed from the bottom up and without political interference.

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.

Seven photocopied newspaper articles relating to the Dene Declaration passed in 1975. Article subjects include a draft of the Dene Declaration, the Dene Manifesto, and a statement from Chief Frank T'seleie of Fort Good Hope, NWT.

Historical note:

After conducting research at the National Archives of Canada, author asserts that mainstream press reports were inaccurate.