Call for Support: Help Improve the Indigenous Historical Periodicals Dataset

The Indigenous Historical Publications Working Group, working on behalf of the Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries (COPPUL) needs help from Indigenous folks, communities, organizations, publishers, and all researchers, libraries, archives, and museums.

We’re librarians. We listed Indigenous publications (newspapers, newsletters, magazines, and journals) held in libraries, archives, and museums, published from coast to coast. Most come from what’s now known as Canada, but we also caught some from over the border, recognizing its arbitrary and colonial nature. We include publications by Indigenous communities and organizations and leave out material produced by governments and non-Indigenous organizations. We’ve done our best, but welcome any and all corrections. You can see the list at https://borealisdata.ca/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.5683/SP3/JGN15S

Some of the people involved are Indigenous; some are non-Indigenous. We’re all trying hard to work in a good way, and we know and appreciate that there are many, many world views, nations, languages, cultures, communities, clans, families, and individuals represented by the list. We’ve made mistakes. We really need assistance finding them. We also aren’t sure if the work is useful, wanted, or something that will interest people.

Get in touch! 

Any guidance will help figure out next steps and directions.To get in touch with the Indigenous Historical Publications Working Group, contact us at coppul_ihpwg@coppul.ca.