“By listening to your story, my story can change. By listening to your story, I can change.”*
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The University of Windsor sits on the traditional territory of the Three Fires Confederacy of First Nations, comprised of the Ojibway, the Odawa, and the Potawatomie.
Indigenous Voices
Photo of Two Row Wampum above the whiteboard at Leddy Library, next to the Collaboratory.- Significant Dates
January 4 National Ribbon Skirt Day (Canada)
February Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) eventsFebruary 14th Have a Heart Day (Canada)
May 5th National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls (USA)
June National Indigenous History Month (Canada)
June 21st National Indigenous Peoples Day (Canada)
August 9th International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
September 30th Orange Shirt Day (Canada)
September 30th National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (Canada)
October 1-7, 2018 First Nations Public Library Week (FNPLW)
October 4th Sisters in Spirit Vigils MMIWG (Manitoba, the day is honoured by Canada)
October 11 Indigenous Peoples' Day (USA)
November National Native American Heritage Month (USA)
First Week of November Treaties Recognition Week (Ontario)
First Friday after Thanksgiving. Native American Heritage Day (USA)- Indigenous Voices
Anikowaajimowinan "Sharing generations of traditional Anishinaabe knowledge"
Canada 150: Contemporary Indigenous Voices (Curio.ca)
Elder's Traditional Knowledge Archive (University College of the North, MB)I am Indigenous (CBC, 2017)
I am Indigenous (CBC, 2016)
Indigenous Cinema (NFB)
Indigenous Land, Urban Stories (Master's Students, Ryerson School of Journalism at FCAD)
Maamiutaau (CBC GEM)
mediaINDIGENA (twitter) mediaINDIGENA (web)
Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre’s ArchivesOur Truth: the Youth Perspective on Residential Schools
Raven's Quest (tvokids)
ReconciliAction Resources: Podcasts and Radio (Danielle Bitz, University of Saskatchewan. University Library)
Red Man Laughing - Whose Education Is It Anyway?
The Silent Enemy
Taapwaywin: talking about what we know and what we believe (Podcast episodes)Toolkits (Reconciliation Canada)
Unreserved with Rosanna Deerchild (CBC)
What I Wish My Professors Knew About Me... (Western University)
Yellowhead Institute (Indigenous think tank at Ryerson University)
- Indigenous Activism
See #IndigenousActivism research guide.
- Select News/Media
Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN)
Alia, V. (1999). Un/Covering the North: News, Media, and Aboriginal People. Vancouver, CA: UBC Press.
Crey, K. (2016). Indigeneity, institutions of media culture, and the Canadian state since 1990. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global.
First Nations and Indigenous Studies: Newspapers
First Nations Historical News Sources
First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Publishers and Distributors (Sara McDowell, University of Toronto Libraries)
First Nations Periodical Index
ImagineNATIVE (The Centre for Aboriginal Media)
Internet Archive. TV News Archive.
List of First Nations Periodicals
Mazina'iagan: A Chronicle of the lake Superior Ojibwe
News Media, Television & Radio
Ojibway TV (app available through the Apple Store or Google Play)
Style Guide for Reporting on Indigenous People (Journalists for Human Rights)
Windspeaker.com For Archive see AMMSA.COM in list.
Desire assistance?
- Book a research appointment with the Indigenous Outreach Librarian.
- Interested in doing research with an Indigenous Community? Please contact your Professor/Advisor and the Aboriginal Education Centre (University of Windsor) before embarking on research-based projects with indigenous communities. For information on research protocols please see the resource titled Resources Related to First Peoples: for Faculty and Administration.
This research guide was developed with the assistance of members of the University of Windsor community. Please send suggestions or feedback to the Librarian. Miigwetch!
* Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. (2015). Honouring the truth, reconciling for the future: summary of the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, p. 21.
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