The New Media Nation: Indigenous Peoples and Global Communication

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Around the planet, Indigenous people are using old and new technologies to amplify their voices and broadcast information to a global audience. This is the first portrait of a powerful international movement that looks both inward and outward, helping to preserve ancient languages and cultures while communicating across cultural, political, and geographical boundaries. Based on more than twenty years of research, observation, and work experience in Indigenous journalism, film, music, and visual art, this volume includes specialized studies of Inuit in the circumpolar north, and First Nations peoples in the Yukon and southern Canada and the United States. Dedication Contents List of Figures List of Tables Preface Acknowledgements Notes on Language and Research Methods Abbreviations Introduction: How I Came to Be Here 1. Scattered Voices, Global Vision 2. Pathways and Obstacles: Government Policy and Media (Mis)Representation 3. Lessons from Canada: Amplifying Indigenous Voices 4. Turning the Camera and Microphone on Oneself 5. We Have Seen the Future: “Standing with Legs in Both Cultures” Chronology of Key Events and Developments Appendix: Native News Network of Canada (NNNC): Statement of Principles Filmography: Indigenous Films and Videos Indigenous Networks and Media Organizations: On- and Off-line Resources Notes Bibliography Index