- October 18, 2011
Seeing Red: A History of Natives in Canadian Newspapers by University of Regina professors Mark Cronlund Anderson and Carmen L. Robertson, will be launched October 18 at the U of R’s Luther College at 3:00 p.m.
Anderson and Robertson’s research is based on a survey of 42 local, regional, and national dailies from 1869 to the present. They look at how newspapers wrote about Aboriginal people during historic events like the North-West Rebellion, the “Bended Elbow” standoff at Kenora, and the Oka crisis, and also look at editorial columns and letters to the editor to see what changes have occurred since 1869 in the ways in which Canada’s press has imagined Aboriginal people.
Mark Cronlund Anderson is the author of four books, including Pancho Villa’s Revolution by Headlines and Cowboy Imperialism and Hollywood Film, which won the 2010 Cawelti Award for Best Book on American Culture. He is a professor of history at Luther College, University of Regina.
Carmen L. Robertson is mixed blood (Lakota/Scottish) scholar currently working on projects related to the art and mythology of Anishinaabe artist Norval Morrisseau. She is an associate professor of art history at University of Regina and also maintains an active curatorial practice.
