At the First Nations University of Canada, journalism students are rewriting historical articles that were originally written with a colonial bias. The project, which is part of the university’s INCA 392 course, saw students rewriting and revising news stories from as long ago as 1880 to add context and perspectives that were not originally included. They then presented both the original and revised stories on posters at the university. CP24 reports that the selected news stories cover topics such as the massacre at Wounded Knee in 1890, with original language that demonstrates a colonial perspective. “You’re not changing history necessarily in terms of changing timelines, you’re just creating a context that’s more relevant and more open to everybody’s perspective,” explained FNU Student Tyrone Perreault.
