Newsworld, Riel, and the Métis: Recognition and the Limits to Reconciliation

This article examines the rhetorical character of CBC Newsworld’s 2003 “re-trial” of Métis leader Louis Riel. Specifically, it considers how the broadcast was presented as a gesture of reconciliation toward the Métis but was received by Métis spokespersons as racist or colonizing. The broadcast is a...

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Published in:Canadian journal of communication 2007-01, Vol.32 (1), p.9-28
Main Author: Charland, Maurice
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Apologies
Capital punishment
Constitution
Convictions
Editing
Gestures
Hearing
Historical text analysis
History
Hostages
Law
Leadership
Metis
Native North Americans
Police
Postcolonialism
Projectiles
Reconciliation
Rehabilitation
Rhetoric
Riel, Louis
Television broadcasting
Treason
Trials
Verbal aggression
Violence
War
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Summary:This article examines the rhetorical character of CBC Newsworld’s 2003 “re-trial” of Métis leader Louis Riel. Specifically, it considers how the broadcast was presented as a gesture of reconciliation toward the Métis but was received by Métis spokespersons as racist or colonizing. The broadcast is analyzed through Robert Hariman’s conception of the popular trial as an occasion for the development of argumentative resources to deliberate on problematic issues within public culture. The broadcast and its reception are then analyzed critically to highlight the tensions between identity, recognition, and reconciliation.
ISSN:0705-3657
1499-6642
DOI:10.22230/cjc.2007v32n1a1779