Gramophone, Masinatahikan – Typewriter, Press, Our Mother(s) Tongue: Reflections on Indigenous (First Nations and Métis) Literacies and Media

• Published in: KULA: Knowledge Creation, Dissemination, and Preservation Studies
• Main Author: Bell, Gloria Jane
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: University of Victoria Libraries 2021
• Subjects: gramophone; Indigenous literacies; Cree typewriter; Masinatahikan; walking with mom; print media; Albion; First Nations
• Online Access: https://kula.uvic.ca/index.php/kula/article/view/142; https://doi.org/10.18357/kula.142

This essay discusses a wide range of media—including an 1853 Albion Cree Press, a Cree typewriter, and contemporary Indigenous artworks—to create a sense of the multiplicity of Indigenous technologies available for study today and the vastness of the visual record. While older art historical studies...