Originally broadcast on CBC Television and CBC Newsworld on August 28, 2009:
As Julie Van Dusen reports, native leaders don't share the federal health minister's confidence that Canada's remote communities have what they'll need to fight a new swine flu outbreak. .
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Originally broadcast on CBC Television and CBC Newsworld on July 21, 2009:
The Assembly of First Nations is about to choose a new leader to replace Phil Fontaine. Who are the main candidates? How would they tackle the problems amongst aboriginal people?
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Originally broadcast on CBC Television and CBC Newsworld on June 19, 2009:
Duncan McCue profiles one native community's struggle to preserve their indigenous language - and the hard, often unheralded, work of individuals recognized as language keepers.
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Visit The National's feature on Aboriginal Languages. The National airs weeknights on CBC Television at 10 p.m. (10:30 NT) and CBC Newsworld at 9 and 11 p.m. ET/PT
Despite social and economic challenges, the Innu of Labrador are now poised to become an economic powerhouse. Darrow MacIntyre reports.
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This item originally aired on CBC News: The National on February 13, 2009.
A UBC student is designing a residential school computer game to help the younger generation understand aboriginal history.
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Take a walk around a "virtual" residential school and read a discussion about their intergenerational impacts at Where are the children?
Read Rosalyn Ing's doctoral thesis, called "Dealing with Shame and Unresolved Trauma”, about the intergenerational impacts of residential schools.
Visit The National's Aboriginal Issues Feature Page for more archived videos.
Barack Obama's climb to the top out of adversity, and his call for change and a more inclusive politics have some Aboriginal Canadians calling him their hero.
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Steve Fischer reports on an Ottawa daycare designed specifically for Inuit children, where they can learn their language, traditions, and culture.
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Learning this Japanese art of self defense is teaching respect, discipline, and important life lessons for children in Vancouver's downtown east side. Duncan McCue reports.
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For aboriginal and immigrant children entering kindergarten, a new program starts the adjustments process before school even starts.
Duncan McCue reports. (runs 4:42)
With their way of life altered forever, the 1,500 people of Puvirnituq in northern Quebec are struggling to hold onto their families and their culture
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After a 2-year-old was hit with gunfire, the people of Hobbema, Alberta have decided to fight back against gang violence on their reserve. Mark Kelly spoke with residents and community officials about their efforts.
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Personal devastation and a culture nearly destroyed. Such is the legacy of residential schools. Can a Truth and Reconciliation Commission start the healing?
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There's not much money, but with lots of ice and determination, young hockey players in Nunavut are setting their sights on making it to the NHL
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From the city and the reserve, The National has extensive coverage of Statistics Canada's Aboriginal Peoples in Canada in 2006 Census.
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John Main visits a youth club in Arctic Bay where kids are creating their own music videos. They're already a hit on You Tube with "Don't Call Me Eskimo". It's Nunavut, hip-hop style.
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Alexandra Szacka reports on a baby boom in Inuit communities in Northern Quebec and the impact on already-limited resources.
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Bootleggers. Drunkenness. Suicide. Kugluktuk, Nunavut has plenty of problems. But this time, the children are demanding solutions. The National's Duncan McCue traveled to this Nunavut hamlet where residents voted on October 22nd to change the way alcohol is dealt with in their community.
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The Arctic is going through an unprecedented climate change - a big melt of the ice landscape that occupies such a large part of our territory, our definition, and our imagination.
This week, The National will be going on a voyage of discovery to see how the communities, the culture, and the natural environment of the north are transforming and adapting, and meet the people who are experiencing and studying this crucial moment in our country’s history.
CBC news correspondent Mark Kelley explores a variety of one-week careers in The National’s Seven series, and this time he tackles teaching at British Columbia’s lowest-ranked school. Prince Rupert’s Roosevelt Park Elementary School recently found itself at the bottom of the list in the Fraser Institute’s ranking of BC elementary schools. In response, principal Steve Riley invites Mark to take a closer look at his troubled school. Sixty out of 210 students at Roosevelt Park have severe learning disabilities and behaviour issues, and Mark gets first-hand experience of what this means to the school’s beleaguered teachers.
In his short tenure, Mark comes up against some tough questions. In a primarily First Nations community with severe unemployment and few prospects, is it possible Roosevelt Park is the worst school because its community has some of the worst problems? And what’s more important, is there a future for kids who have been labeled the worst? In the end, this would-be teacher gets a lesson in hard work and hope.
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Watch Part 2 of Prince Rupert School (Runs 7:04)
See the entire archive of The National: Seven series on CBC News: In Depth
Sam McGillivray wants accountability for what he and other aboriginal men say they suffered while in the care of Manitoba's Children's Aid Society.
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In the third night of the National's Native Lands series, Assembly of First Nations National Chief Phil Fontaine speaks to Peter Mansbridge on Vancouver Island in a feature interview; Darrow MacIntyre reports on students at a Vancouver Island reserve learn to use modern technology to preserve their band's past; and Duncan McCue attends National Aboriginal Day celebrations in Oppenheimer Park in Vancouver to explore some of the issues facing First Nations people who live off reserve and in urban centres.
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The second night of the National's Native Lands series, hosted from Port Alberni, B.C., with reports from Alberta's Blood Reserve and the Cowichan Nation on Vancouver Island. Featured is an interview with Chief Judith Sayers of the Hupacasath First Nation in Port Alberni, B.C., who tells Peter Mansbridge her secret to dealing successfully with government; a profile of Dr. Evan Adams, who has taken on the enormous task of finding ways to solve the many health problems facing British Columbia's First Nations; and conversations with elders at the Blood Reserve who are taking back the rights to farm their huge reserve in southern Alberta, in the hope of providing jobs, expertise, and more income for their band members.
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The first installment of the National's Native Lands series profiles activist Shawn Brant, who is leading the protest of the Bay of Quinte Mohawks over the handling of their land claim. He talks to Peter Mansbridge about why he does it, and what's at stake. The next clip features the Algonquin community of Kitcisakik, near Val D'Or, Quebec. They are pinning their hopes on making a better life for themselves outside of the reserve system.The third clip shows the Mi'kmaq people of the Eskasoni Reserve near Sydney, Cape Breton, who decided to get serious about their health care. With the help of a new health care centre, they have attracted young doctors and trained locals to work on the reserve, and the community members are already reaping the benefits.
Watch Activist Shawn Brant Profile (8:41)
Follow the extraordinary journey of 4 aboriginal youth through high school.
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Video: Part 2 (Runs 6:40)
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Video: Part 5 (Runs 9:28)
