This is a listing of Indigenous serial publications (newspapers, newsletters, magazines, and journals), arranged by title. It primarily includes material published in Canada, but also encompasses some titles from American states bordering Canada. The scope includes publications by Indigenous communities and organizations, and excludes known material produced by governments and non-Indigenous organizations. Current inventory is mostly focused on Western Canada, but future revisions will include Canada-wide entries. All items in the list are held in Canadian libraries, archives, and museums.
The intent is threefold: to promote a list of Indigenous publications, and where they can be consulted or searched; to track digitization work by Canadian institutions and groups; and to enable easy additions to, and corrections of, the list.
It is important to note that this is not a search tool for the contents of the publications, but merely an inventory of titles, along with locations of the print and digital holdings.
Data headings are Title, Title Family, Scope, Status, Source of Information, Place of Publication, Country, Print Run/Holdings, Notes, ISSN, OCLC/NLC Identifiers, Format, Online, Digitization Status, Digitized By, Last Updated, and Digitization Notes. For definitions of the headings, see The Dataset Document Workbook. This list stems from efforts by the Indigenous Historical Publications Working Group, working on behalf of the Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries (COPPUL). The aim is to create a catalogue of material held in Canadian public institutions, with the overall goal of digitization and free sharing.
Input by Indigenous individuals, communities, organizations, and publishers, and all researchers, libraries, archives, and museums is eagerly sought and welcomed. Please contact us for more information, comments, or to provide updates.
(2023-02-15)