JRN 400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Indian Register, Connotation, Half-Breed

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Journalism
• Course: JRN 400
• Professor: Asmaa Malik

Document Summary

2014-2017: canada wide: 1. 05 of all print and online media across canada covered indigenous topics. Inuit, metis, first nation: under first nation other a status indian or non-status indian. Indigenous vs aboriginal: the term (cid:498)aboriginal(cid:499) is not preferred by indigenous people in canada, connotation: while aboriginal is derived from the latin word (cid:498)aborigine(cid:499) or (cid:498)ab origine(cid:499) meaning (cid:498)original inhabitant(cid:499) the ab prefeix carries a negative. Canada-it"s seen as a term imposed onto ingienous people similar to (cid:498)indian(cid:499: avoid saying (cid:498)aboriginals(cid:499) derogatory in canada (cid:498)indigenous(cid:499) is becoming the preferred term by indigenous peoples connotation. Imposition: while aboriginal carries a distinct and legal definintion in themselves given the connction to and derivation from the land it connotes. In the inuktitut language, inuit means (cid:498)the people(cid:499: never use (cid:498)eskimo(cid:499) it is a pejorative, many do not use (cid:498)indigenous(cid:499) they do not have chiefs. Labrador: not to be confused with innu, a first nations group in eastern quebec,