Library Guides @ VIU: Newspapers & News Searching: Indigenous Historical News Sources

Indigenous Retrospective News Sources Online: BC & Canada

This list of retrospective news sources is adapted from a list of Aboriginal Newspapers previously maintained by Library & Archives Canada.

Alberta Native News. Edmonton, AB
Special editions online from Library & Archives Canada: 1995, 1997
Anishinabek News. Union of Ontario Indians. North Bay, Ontario
Archive: 1993-
Continues: Anishinabek.

Deh cho Drum. Fort Simpson, NWT
Ceased publication in 2017. Selectively archived in the
Internet Archive.

Gigmanag Newsletter. Charlottetown, PEI
"A Voice for Aboriginal Peoples"
Online: Dec. 2004-

Ha-Shilth-Sa: Canada's oldest First Nations newspaper (Nuu-chaa-nulth)
Selectively archived in the Internet Archive
See also Library & Archives Canada for digitized holdings: 1974-2017

Indian News
Government of Canada publication, 1954-1984
Inuvik Drum. Inuvik, NWT
Online Inuvik community newspaper

Kainai News. Standoff, AB
Southern Alberta Newspaper Collection, University of Lethbridge Library
Archive: 1968-1991
Kamloops Wawa
UBC Open Collections: 1891-1918
also Canadiana Online: 1891-1900
Kivalliw Nipivut (Kivalliq News)
"Nunavut's award-winning voice of Kivalliq"
Klahowya. Naut'sa mawt Tribal Council
Archived by the Internet Archive: 2013-2016
Continued by Salish Sea Sentinel

Le Métis.
Archive: 1871-1881
Micmac News
Archive: 1965-1991

Nation Magazine
"Independent Indigenous news source serving the Cree of James Bay"
Archives available online from 1993-
Native Journal
Online: 2006- 2013
Archived by the Internet Archive
The Native Voice
"Official Organ of the Native Brotherhood of British Columbia"
Archive: 1947-1955 [via Internet Archive]
New Breed Magazine
Quarterly magazine of the Gabriel Dumont Institute of Native Studies & Applied Research
Archive: 1970-2009
New Motl Newspaper
Community news, events, and updates for the Tla'amin People
Online: 2014-
The New Nation. Winnipeg.
Project of Pembina Manitou Archives. Requires free account to view.
Archive: 1870
Nunatsiaq News
Archive: 1997-present

Petaubun = Peep of Day. Sarnia.
from Canadiana Online
Archive: 1862
Penal Press Newsletters: Aboriginal Prisoners
Various dates

Salish Sea Sentinel
"Voice of the Nautsa'mawt Tribal Council"
Online: 2014-
Twitter: @SalishSentinel
Senk'l'ip News. Vernon, BC.
“Ensuring the Future through Cultural, Social and Economic Development.”
Online: 2005-2013
[Offline 2016 January. List of issues via Internet Archive]
Sun Dance Echo
1964-1966.
From the University of Lethbridge Southern Alberta Newspapers Collection.

Treaty Talk. Hul'qumi'num Treaty Group.
"HTG Quarterly Newsletter"
Online: 2005-2009
Turtle Island Native Network: News Briefs
Online: 2001-2012
Selectively archived in the Internet Archive.

U'wq [United]: Coast Salish Gathering "A newsletter of the Coast Salish Gathering"
Online: 2007-2011

Wawatay News
"Northern Ontario's First Nations Voice"
Archive: Selected issues 1977-2013
Windspeaker
"Canada's National Aboriginal News Source"
1986-2015

Indigenous Historical News Sources: United States

Selected historical newspapers and magazines from Indigenous sources in the United States:

The Indian Champion: (Atoka, I.T. [Okla.]) 1884-1885
Continues: The Branding iron. (Atoka, I.T. [Okla.]) 1884-1884.
Indian Chieftain: (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902
"Devoted to the interests of the Cherokees, Choctaws, Chickasaws, Seminoles, Creeks, and all other Indians of the Indian Territory."
Indian Country Today. Selected archives 1970- .
"Serving The Nations | Celebrating The People"
Most coverage from 2000 to present.
Native American Connections: (Winchester, CA.) 1996-1999
Articles and directories about Native Americans, their organizations, businesses, and cultures.
News from Native California:(Berkeley, CA) 2002-
"An inside view of the California Indian world. Written and produced by California Indians and those close to the Indian community, News provides an intimate portrait of traditional and contemporary California Indian culture and history."
Red Lake News: (Red Lake, Minn.) 1912-1921
“...devoted to the interests of the Red Lake Chippewa Indians.”
The Tomahawk: (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?
"Official organ of the Minnesota Chippewas."
Continues: The Progress, 1886-1889.

Indigenous Retrospective News Sources @ the Library: BC & Canada

These archival newspapers and magazines from First Nations sources in BC and Canada are available through the Library@VIU online, in print or on microform:

Kahtou
"The Voice of B.C. First Nations"
1987-2011
Nanaimo microform, print
E 77 K35
Khowutzun Newsletter
1991-
Cowichan periodicals
E 99 C875 K56
Native Peoples Magazine
2001-2010 Nanaimo
2001-2008 Cowichan
E 75 N398
UBCIC (Union of BC Indian Chiefs) Digital Collections
Multiple collections are available online via UBCIC's Digital Collections Library, including:
UBCIC Photographs — Images from the UBCIC Archives
UBCIC Posters — Virtual exhibit of posters published by the UBCIC
UBCIC Periodicals, including:
- Unity, UBCIC's first newsletter published 1970-1971
- Nesika, newsletter published 1972-1977
- UBCIC News, newsletter published 1977-1980
- Information bulletins published 1978-1996
- Indian World, newsletter published 1979-1983
- Various UBCIC newsletters published 1984-2002
- UBCIC Up-date, Newsletter and News
- Digital collection of UBCIC newsletters 1985-2002
- McKenna-McBride Royal Commission, Minutes of Decision 1913-1916"
Windspeaker
"Canada's National Aboriginal News Source"
1986-2015
Continues: AMMSA : Aboriginal Multi-Media Society of Alberta. Edmonton, AB
Open Access: 1987-2015
Nanaimo microform E 78 A34 W5
online subscription
website