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Aboriginal people have been vigorously stereotyped in words and images for hundreds of years. Film, television and comic-book producers have perpetuated these stereotypes over several generations, and so old notions of what it is to be a Canadian Aboriginal or a Native American have lived on well past the emergence of a public consciousness that knows better.
This section identifies some of the major media stereotypes of First Nations, Inuit and Native American peoples in film, television and the news. It explores the effects of such stereotyping, and of the use of Native symbols by professional sports teams, on both the perceptions of non-native young people, and the self-image of Aboriginal youth. And it takes a brief look at the successful efforts of Canadian Aboriginal people to create their own media networks and programming.