Les Couchi: Savages, scalps and stereotypes

Angela Misri
150 Days of Turtle Island
1 min readAug 28, 2017

Not only was this a tonne of work for Les Couchi to take on, but his research into the Toronto Star’s coverage of Indigenous people in Canada is vital learning exercise for journalists.

Read Couchi’s story in the Star here: https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2017/08/05/savages-scalps-and-stereotypes-i-combed-through-the-stars-historical-indigenous-coverage.html

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Angela Misri
150 Days of Turtle Island

Journalist, author of the Portia Adams Adventure series, Podcaster at Ada’s Sisters who teaches at Ryerson and the University of Toronto.