Newspapers & News Media
Guide to current and historical news sources, Canadian and worldwide.
Indigenous Newspapers
Current
Here is a short list of sources for current Indigenous newspapers in Canada. This is not meant to be comprehensive.
- First Nations DrumFirst Nations Drum deals exclusively with news and information relevant to Native communities and lifestyles
- Muskrat MagazineMUSKRAT is an online Indigenous arts and culture magazine that honours the connection between humans and our traditional ecological knowledge by exhibiting original works and critical commentary. MUSKRAT embraces both rural and urban settings and uses media arts, the Internet, and wireless technology to investigate and disseminate traditional knowledges in ways that inspire their reclamation.
- Northwest Territories NewsNWT News North
- Nunatsiaq newsNewspaper of record for Nunavut and the Nunavik territory of Quebec
- Nunavut newsCirculated to all 25 Nunavut communities
- WindspeakerMost widely distributed Aboriginal news publication in Canada
- YellowkniferAll the stories that appear in Yellowknife, NMT
Historical
Here is a sample of sources of archived Indigenous newspapers in Canada.
- Digitized Historical Periodicalsindexes digitized Canadian historical newspapers, Includes some First Nations, Inuit and Metis Publications
- Aboriginal Multimedia SocietyAboriginal News archive: Alberta Sweetgrass, Windspeaker, Raven's Eye, Ontario Birchbark, Saskatchewan Sage, Buffalo Spirit
This list is meant to address International Indigenous coverage for USA, Australia and New Zealand. It is in no way comprehensive, but is meant to give a sense of the Indigenous news media. For more information see Indigenous Studies Research Guide.
- Indian Country todayDigital Indigenous news from USA
- The CircleNative American News and Arts
- Koori MailNational Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander newspaper
- National Indigenous TimesOnline Indigenous news site in Australia.
- Waatea newsRadio Waatea is Auckland's only Maori radio station