Are you a media-maker working with Indigenous communities or Indigenous knowledge? There are specific things to consider when reporting and producing within these contexts. Kyle Napier and Meg Wilcox, senior producers of The Canadian Mountain Podcast, have compiled some resources that may be helpful in guiding how to work respectfully and responsibly with Indigenous experts and knowledge:
Elliot, Patricia W (2016), Decolonizing the Media: Challenges and Obstacles on the Road to Reconciliation, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 15 November, https://policyalternatives.ca/publications/reports/decolonizing-media.
imagineNATIVE, (2019), ON-SCREEN PROTOCOLS & PATHWAYS: A Media Production Guide to Working with First Nations, Métis and Inuit Communities, Cultures, Concepts and Stories. Toronto: https://imaginenative.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/OSPP-Guide-EN.pdf.
Indigenous Culture & Innovations (2019), Spoken from the Heart: Indigenous Radio in Canada. Ottawa: UNESCO. https://en.ccunesco.ca/-/media/Files/Unesco/Resources/2019/08/SpokenFromTheHeartIndigenousRadioInCanada.pdf.
Journalists for Human Rights (2017), Style Guide for Reporting on Indigenous People, December 2017. https://jhr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/JHR2017-Style-Book-Indigenous-People.pdf.
Loft, Steven (2014), Coded Territories Tracing Indigenous Pathways in New Media Art. University of Calgary Press.
McCue, Duncan (2022), Decolonizing journalism : a guide to reporting in Indigenous communities. Oxford University Press.
McMahon, R., McNally, M., Fraser, C., Pearce, H., and Fontaine, T. (2019). Eetsii tthak t’agwahii getr’ootanahchàh (Learning About the Machine that Does It All); Digital Content and Connectivity with Dinjii Zhuh Contexts (Student Workbook). https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/04a10919-c166-47c6-8b43-d72c37751666/view/670ae6a5-e098-4ad1-b476-3ff3708f8312/Gwichin%20Student%20Workbook.pdf.
Wemigwans, Jennifer (2018), A digital bundle : protecting and promoting Indigenous knowledge online. University of Regina Press.
Younging, Gregory (2018). Elements of Indigenous style : a guide for writing by and about Indigenous Peoples. Brush Education.
