The Aboriginal Affairs website provides contemporary news articles and perspectives on Aboriginal roles in Economy, Business, Culture and Education. For researchers it serves as an effective resource to gain insight on the underrepresented issues faced by the Aboriginal community. This resource also provides real-world examples of successes and failures in government programming and investment strategies pertaining to the Indigenous Population in Canada.
Tag Archives: Media
Inuit Broadcasting Corporation
This site (http://www.nac.nu.ca/index.php) was very interesting as a demonstration of how media and technology can be used to further the cultural interests of First Nations people. Instead of being buried by the technology, the Inuit have used it to represent and spread their culture. What a great opportunity to learn and help for everyone involved in the project. What a great resource for those receiving the IBC broadcasts. This is a “new media” model that makes the users the media providers.
Trevor Price.
1.4 – Lamalera Whale Hunters
The story of the Makah reminded me of a small village in the far East of Flores: Lamalera. There, the people still are active in the Whale hunt, and have gained recognition for it in a more positive light:
Wall Street Journal Article on Lamalera
Film: The Whale Hunters of Lamalera
After BBC featured this village a couple years ago on the Human Planet, an increasing number of tourists have also been visiting. Friends who were among the first dive charters to ply these waters said that a decade ago they would frequently see malnutrition in these villages. Now that more people visit, the indigenous people are more easily able to feed themselves.
In a sense, it was the education of our global, connected world about these people that had a substantial impact on their daily lives.
Module 1 Post 2: Aboriginal Peoples and News
People’s misconceptions of Aboriginal peoples are often due to what they see or read in mainstream media. I found this video that talks about how misconceptions can be driven and perpetuated by the media. Interestingly, it also touches on journalism, and how journalists often lack a solid background or knowledge on Aboriginal peoples; therefore, they are more likely to “buy into” and promote the myths that are already established.
In searching for how Aboriginal peoples are portrayed in the media, I stumbled on this article News Stereotypes of Aboriginal Peoples.
The article examines how Aboriginal people are typically shown on the news when an individual is either: a warrior, drumming, dancing, drunk, or dead (WD4). It speaks of various stereotypes that are based on untruths and how they are perpetuated by selective media coverage and false assumptions.
The article is posted on a site called “Reporting in Indigenous Communities”. Upon further exploration, I found out that this site’s purpose is to guide and educate journalists that are reporting news in Indigenous communities. It describes ways in which reporters can help serve Indigenous communities by providing quality news coverage. This site also has many valuable resources such as historical overviews, glossaries of terminology/definitions, government acts, residential schools, Indigenous media/blogs, and many more.