Newspapers

Sketch of a group of teamsters and sled in foreground, with soldiers in background.

Examines online newspaper forums showing how misinformation is perpetuating stereotypes and racist attitudes towards American Aboriginal people.

Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Regina, 2008.

Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--Acadia University, 2003.

Using an example in which she challenged a newspaper story claiming that that there was no written Lakota language the author talks about the way that Indigenous people are often not considered to be knowledgeable about their own languages and cultures in the academy.

Criminal Justice Thesis (M.A.)--Edith Cowan University, 2018.

Examines the impacts of media depictions on Pākehā and tauiwi audiences, and looks at working for improved media coverage of Māori and treaty issues.

Discusses the controversy surrounding the use of Indian mascots, symbols, and names in American sports.

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

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.

A typed transcription of a Sunday Record-Herald (location unknown) newspaper article of the story of Almighty Voice. A sympathetic portrayal of Almighty Voice for that time. Item found within folder 1 of file Rebellion, 1885.

Historical note:

A typed transcription of a newspaper article (source unknown) regarding the career of P.G. Laurie (1833-1901), publisher of the Saskatchewan Herald newspaper. Includes a description of the difficulties in publishing the paper during the 1885 Resistance. Item found within folder 1 of file Rebellion, 1885.

A typed transcription of the diary of George B. Murphy, Transport Officer in the Battleford Column, covering from 17 March 1885-16 July 1885. Short notations for dates. Item found within folder 1 of file Rebellion, 1885.

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.

Verbatim report on the trial of Louis Riel, including witness testimony. Item found within folder 1 of file Rebellion, 1885.

Coverage of the trial of Louis Riel, including an appeal of Riel's death sentence. Also covered is Poundmaker's trial in Prince Albert. 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.

Copy of the Daily Leader; includes verbatim report on the trial of Louis Riel, including closing speeches of Counsel and a speech from Louis Riel. Item found within folder 1 of file Rebellion, 1885.

Verbatim report on the trial of Louis Riel, including summary of defense tactic of insanity plea. Item found within folder 1 of file Rebellion, 1885.

Verbatim report on the trial of Louis Riel, including Riel's sentencing. Also covered is Poundmaker and Thomas Scott's trial in Prince Albert. Item found within folder 1 of file Rebellion, 1885.

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.

Coverage of Poundmaker's trial in Prince Albert. Item found within folder 1 of file Rebellion, 1885.

Verbatim report on the trial of Louis Riel, including covering witness testimony. Item found within folder 1 of file Rebellion, 1885.

Verbatim report on the trial of Louis Riel, including judge's charge to jury and the final speech from Louis Riel. Item found within folder 1 of file Rebellion, 1885.

Verbatim report on the trial of Louis Riel, including witness testimony. Item found within folder 1 of file Rebellion, 1885.

A typed transcription of a newspaper article (source unknown) in which W.B. Cameron recounts his experiences during the Frog Lake 'Massacre'. Item found within folder 1 of file Rebellion, 1885.

A transcribed newspaper article from the Saskatchewan Herald of 11 May 1885. It describes in pro-Otter terms the battle between Lt. Col. Otter's troops and those of Chief Poundmaker at Cut Knife Hill.

Note: The title of this document uses wording that was common to mainstream society of that time period in history. As such, it contains language that is no longer in common use and may offend some readers. This wording should not be construed to represent the views of the Indigenous Studies Portal or the University of Saskatchewan Library. Collage of sketches relating to the Northwest Resistance; sketch subjects include Louis Riel, Government House in Battleford, and Fort Carlton.

Historical note:

From The Graphic, an Illustrated Newspaper.

Sketch of Metis fighters on land firing upon a government relief boat in background; possibly based on the attack on the steamer Northcote during the battle of Batoche during the Northwest Resistance.

Book review of: Reporting the Resistance: Alexander Begg and Joseph Hargrave on the Red River Resistance edited by J.M. Bumsted.

Interviews journalists and Maskawcis residents to get a better picture of mainstream media's interpretation of gang violence and community reaction.

Book review of: Remembering the Modoc War by Boyd Cothran.

Explores the political, social, and cultural significance the Chief raising ceremony had on the identity of the Oneida in 1925, as seen through the eyes of media.

Results based on sample of 254 First Nations respondents, 146 Métis respondents and one Inuit respondent.

Research study explores the reporting and representation by journalists of both Indigenous and minority ethic communities.

Journalism and Communications Thesis (M.Jour.)--Carleton University, 2012.

Book review of: Reporting the Resistance by J.M. Bumsted.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--McGill University, 2002.

Looks at print media coverage between 2010-2012 focusing on the connection between representations of truth and reconciliation.

Introduction to the essays in this specially themed issue.

Book reviews of: Reference Encyclopedia of the American Indian edited by Barry T. Klein. Atlas of Ancient America by Michael Coe, Dean Snow and Elizabeth Benson. American Indian and Alaska Native Newspapers and Periodicals, 1925-1970 edited by Daniel F. Littlefield Jr. and James W. Parins. American Indian and Alaska Native Newspapers and Periodical, 1971-1985 edited by Daniel F. Littlefield Jr. and James W.

Recollections of the past one hundred years of Aboriginal history on the eve of Saskatchewan's centennial.

This file contains two issues of the "Riel Project Bulletin." It updates the activities of the Riel Project, an project established by the Universities of Alberta, Calgary, and Sherbrooke, which sought to publish a critical, bilingual edition of the collected writings of Louis Riel to mark the 100th anniversary of his death. A five-volume edition was published by the University of Alberta Press in 1985.

A series of 1885 newspapers with articles covering the Saskatchewan Uprising. Includes The Penny Illustrated Paper and Illustrated Times of May 16, 1885, the Montreal Daily Herald and the Daily Commercial Gazette of July 8, 1885. Papers cover the battles of Batoche and Cut Knife Hill.

Photocopy of two newspaper clippings on one page. The Riel's Diary article from 27 April 1971 states that Saskatchewan Ross Thatcher's Liberal government wasn't interested in the $26,500 purchase price of Riel's purported diary; article from the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. The second article celebrates the 103th birthday of Solomon Pritchard of Cando, SK, who was an eyewitness of the Frog Lake massacre in 1885; newspaper unknown.

Contends that the newspaper is not a good source for ethnological information as it gives an inaccurate picture of Cherokee society.