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Workshop with Thohahente Kim Weaver
Lecture 6
Thohahente Kim Weaver
• Thohahente Kim Weaver was born in St. Catharines, Ontario in 1948.
A Mohawk from the Turtle Clan of Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, his
name Thohahente means “His path is to the forefront”, indicating a
man who sees his path and is walking it.
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A Discourse Analysis of Journalism in Mainstream Media as a Root
Cause of Anti-Indigenous Racism
Pigeon Lake residents among those frustrated with noisy harvesting practice
https://www.mykawartha.com/news-story/7607693-kawartha-lakes-receives-plan-
to-regulate-rice-harvest/
A Discourse Analysis of Journalism in Mainstream Media as a Root
Cause of Anti-Indigenous Racism
A Discourse Analysis of Journalism in Mainstream Media as a Root
Cause of Anti-Indigenous Racism
Headlines
1. Prayers, song for wild rice pulled from lake
2. Rice farming in Ontario lake sparks fight over treaty and
property rights
3. Wild rice harvest begins on Pigeon Lake, Black Duck Wild Rice
plans to seed Rice Lake too
4. Canada's wild rice wars
5. Whatever Happened to the Rice in Rice Lake?
6. Property owners, First Nations square off over rice farming in
Ontario lake
A Discourse Analysis of Journalism in Mainstream Media as a Root
Cause of Anti-Indigenous Racism
A Discourse Analysis of Journalism in Mainstream Media as a Root
Cause of Anti-Indigenous Racism
Defining Racism
To the editor:
re: Kawartha Lakes receives plan to regulate rice harvest, October 11, 2017
I was disappointed that myKawartha.com shared the painfully ironic quote from Joanna
Augustyniak — “The situation has been terrible this year and Mr. Whetung is showing no
respect for our rights” — without questioning the statement or providing any corrective
context.
Despite entitled cottagers’ sense that Whetung’s harvesting is “an ongoing nightmare,” they
are clearly unaware of the failure of non-Indigenous society to come to terms with Aboriginal
and treaty rights, which, Mrs. Augustyniak should know, are the rights actually not being
respected — with life and death consequences for many — not just inconveniences to
vacationers.
A Discourse Analysis of Journalism in Mainstream Media as a Root
Cause of Anti-Indigenous Racism
Whetung is practising his right to harvest and the vehement reaction he has
faced is no different than the reaction Indigenous fishers received when
cottagers wore T-shirts with slogans like “Save a pickerel, Kill an Indian.”
Cottagers, get over yourselves. And reporters, do better.
Alex Boulet
Sudbury
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A Discourse Analysis of Journalism in Mainstream Media as a Root
Cause of Anti-Indigenous Racism
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Published in 2017 by
Kim P. Weaver (Thohahente)
Assignment 7
Choose a mainstream media article on the topic of Indigenous cultures
or peoples. Does the article demonstrate othering within its discourse?
If so, how?