President of the Anchorage Camp of the Alaska Native Brotherhood Miles Brandon holds up a 1954 edition of the Native Voice, a publication produced by the Native Brotherhood of British Columbia. The organizations were established to fight to preserve Native civil rights.


MORE THAN NEWS


INDIGENOUS MEDIA EMPOWERS


NATIVE VOICES AND COMMUNITIES BY BRYAN POLLARD


32 AMERICAN INDIAN SUMMER 2020


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newspapers, newsletters, magazines,


ndigenous people across North Amer- ica depend on Native media outlets for essential information about their communities and tribal affairs. These radio


and television broadcasts as well as online publications are often produced in places that otherwise lack a reliable source of time- ly, accurate and contextual coverage of what impacts their daily lives. Indigenous media, however, does more than distribute news. It serves as a community forum that can help reinforce cultural values and languages. Ul- timately, it holds the potential to reaffirm an Indigenous community’s identity.


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