Oka Crisis Analysis

The media coverage of the Oka Crisis showed that news can shape people's perspective on Indigenous rights. It revealed both the good and bad sides of journalism, giving Indigenous voices a platform but also spreading stereotypes. Usually, news covers the things that sound interesting to people. But often, they don't let Indigenous people tell their own stories, instead they focus on non-indigenous people's stories. This can make it hard to understand what Indigenous people are fighting for and understand their point of view. During the Oka Crisis, the news was important because it allowed Indigenous leaders talk about their problems and rights, just how Bruin notes in the article Kanesatake Resistance, "The media played a crucial role during …show more content…
"(Media bar).Even though indigenous people back then were able to tell their stories but media used a lot of censorship and focused more on non-native stories and Perspectives about Oka crisis As Archer a writer and a news reporter said, "Indigenous people are also often removed from a central role in narratives they appear in so that non-Indigenous characters can take centre stage." a. The Archer. media its important because it will shape people point of view, in the era that we live in people must believe the first thing that they hear from the news. because it is from somewhere that the government approved. So, media could be really effect-full on people perspective just like Metraux notes, "It has played a large role in shaping how people think of Indigenous peoples' fight for sovereignty and the integrity of their land."(Metraux). The Oka crisis is a reminder of the ongoing significance of diverse and inclusive storytelling in forming our understanding of Indigenous rights and …show more content…
that led to non-native people thinking that this was a disaster, not a revolution for indigenous people by media just showing the conflict between indigenous people and soldiers. Indigenous people back then wanted to show that they don’t have any problem and they just want to take back their land with no conflict. so many indigenous people wanted to tell their stories, and some did but many others just got ignored by the media. they were stopped from saying what people did to them, like throwing stones at their cars (The 1990 Oka Crisis). Brigitte Noel, a CBC news reporter, notes that "a lot of the articles were done by reporters that were there perhaps a few days"(Brigitte) showing how media used non-indigenous people to tell, indigenous people stories. This highlights the challenges of providing comprehensive and balanced reporting in such a complex and rapidly evolving

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