Dossier - Inuit Radio

Contains three photocopied articles, a photocopied book review and a newspaper clipping. First article is titled "The Saga of Northern Radio" by Thomas R. Roach, published in The Beaver in Summer 1984. It is about the history of radio being brought to northern communities by the Hudson's Bay Company. Second article is titled "'Massacre' of the Inuit" by Shepard Krech III, published in the Beaver in summer 1984. It is about a battle between Hudson's Bay fur traders and Inuit people that occured in June 1850 (copy of this article is also in the file "Inuit Massacre, June 1850"). Third article is titled "Ishumavut: Thoughts of the People" by Sheldon O'Connell, published in the Beaver in Winter 1978. It is about an open-line radio production called Ishumavut that features discussion from Inuit people calling into the radio. Book review is for the newest edition of a book titled Tales and Traditions of the Eskimo, originally published in 1875. This new edition was published in 1974. Review written by Margaret Lantis. Newspaper clipping is from The Chronicle Journal from September 25, 1985. The article is titled "Culture of Inuit struggles with TV." It is an interview with Tommy Owlijoot discussing struggles in maintaining Inuit culture and language in a society that is mostly english speaking. The article is seemingly incomplete.