Where in the newspaper does it appear? What does its placement tell you about the article? Are there aspects of the physical layout, placement, or presentation of the article that shape how you view it? Are there other qualities of this source (i.e., language, etc… ) that mark it as a newspaper article?

Primary Source Analysis

This assignment asks you to analyze an issue from one path breaking publications: The Native Voice. These publications give voice to the political prerogatives and interests of First Nations and Prairie Metis, respectively. On Bright space, you will find digitized copies (or links to the digital copies) of select issues of these publications from the 1950s, and 1970s. The article to analyze is: “Do Not Want to be Second-Class Citizens,” The Native Voice Vol. 4, no. 9 (September 1950), pp. 3. Native Voice

Answer the questions below. Although those questions will ask you to focus on a particular article, you will also be prompted to read through the issue as a whole in order to get a more complete sense of the publication, its aims, and the broader context for the article in question.

QUESTIONS

Part 1. begin by identifying the article you have selected, then answer the following questions. Unless otherwise noted, your responses to the questions in this section should be about 1-2 sentences in length.

a) Who wrote the article?

b) When was it created?

c) Where in the newspaper does it appear? What does its placement tell you about the article? Are there aspects of the physical layout, placement, or presentation of the article that shape how you view it? Are there other qualities of this source (i.e., language, etc… ) that mark it as a newspaper article?

d) What is the article about? Please summarize the article’s contents (in about a paragraph).

Part 2. answer the following questions. Your responses should be about 1-2 paragraphs in length.

a) What do you know about the newspaper in which it appeared?

b) Who is the intended audience (and how do you know)? How might the audience shape the message in the article?

c) Does the author take a position on the central issue discussed in the article? What clues in the text provide evidence of the author’s position?

d) Identify and explain two (2) moments in the article that you think reveal something important about the time period in which it was produced.

e) In what ways do the two moments noted in question 2(d) correspond with what you know about the time and place described in the article? In what ways do they differ?

f) For historians, primary sources such as this can inspire further research and generate answers to historical questions. Identify a research question that is raised by this source. (Put another way, based on your reading of this source, are there issues that you would like to know more about?) Could this source (and others like it) help you to answer that question?

ensure that your responses pay attention to the basic rules of grammar and style and ensure that your final product is free of any typos or other mistakes. If you quote directly from the sources or other parts of the course, please include parenthetical (i.e., in-text) citations. You need not create a separate bibliography for this assignment.