they populate a lot of rural manitoba and ontario and in the states, indiana and nebraska, kansas and then pennsylvania. different kinds of groups, but all have a really thick account of their suffering which is largely why they commit to doing things together. simplicity, pacifism, the desire to rule and salads with jell-o. sometimes deli meat. [laughter] i have always gone to a mennonite church and have found that they are my very favorite people to be wonderfully sad around because they almost expect it. host: what kind of things do mennonites do that say baptists don't or catholics don't? guest: they are most famous for their pacifism. my husband's grandpa, for instance, was a conscientious objector in world war ii. my grandpa was flying bomber planes. his grandma was in the mines. so it's an entirely alternate history. they're most famous for their pacifism, often for their anti -materialism. usually can't tell anymore the difference between them because they are often pl ain-clothed like the rest of us. they look like every average capitalist, but deep down, they feel really gui

fatal . from the report of inspector hamilton, who visited a boarding school in the city of birtle, manitoba36. i have never seen such repeatedly patched and torn clothes. the school uniform is so old and tattered that it doesn't solve it. there will not be a single unassimilated indian left, and the indian question will not be resolved. there were almost one hundred and fifty such schools, almost 150,000 children passed through their journals, all the more terrible because the humiliation of violence continued for more than a century. the sad situation of boarding schools has been known for a long time, but the last of these institutions in canada closed only in the late nineties. in 1998, canada adopted a declaration of reconciliation, which formally apologized to the former. the then prime minister called it a sad page in canadian history, when the appeals of victims of racial hygiene to justice became widespread, the government began paying monetary compensation. the echo of a national crime reverberates today; at the end of may 21 , over a thousand unmarked children's graves were discov

anne thompson, nbc news, churchill, manitoba. >>> when we come back, there's good news tonight abouthe magic of seeing snow for the very first time. ♪ ♪ >>> there's good news tonight. you know, often the good news doesn't get as much attention as the bad, so every saturday we highlight the many people who spread joy and love. these are just some of those stories this week. >> for the win. >> reporter: if winning the game wasn't enough for university of washington kicker grady gross -- >> i'm thankful for grady gross. [ cheers and applause >> reporter: this is the moment that changed his life. >> and you know what all grady gross is thankful for, the scholarship he earned. his coach surprising him with a scholarship. >> all the hard work. >> reporter: his years of dedication as a walk-on paying off. [ cheers and applause ]. >> reporter: in california, another athletic achievement was heart. that's cardiologist dr. steven lone, running a half marathon. alongside him, greg gonzalez and michael hyalman. a year ago, all three ran the same race, but separately when -- >> cardiac arrest at

the border that separates present day north dakota from manitoba, montana, saskatchewan and alberta and so on. and so that convention of 18, 18. then establish that border at the 49th parallel from the great lakes in the east to the rocky mountains in the west. and then the convention of. 1818 authorized the joint occupancy of the oregon country, whereby the rights of both british and american citizens to occupy and to trade in the region would be respected respected. now, the second way then that the pacific northwest becomes american territory that differs from other acquisitions is that the was not resolved by war or by but rather by treaty. the two nations signed a treaty in 1846 in which britain and the united states negotiated a final resolution to this dispute. this was complemented by similar agreements on the east coast resolved in 1842 between maine and canada and both sets of regulations, then or both sets of negotiations me were part of a process whereby the two nations reached a substantial accommodation with one another, particularly after conflicts of the american revolut

from inspector hamilton's report, in 1936, a boarding school in the city of birtle, manitoba.lothes. the school uniform is so old and tattered that they don’t dare show it to anyone, the kids are basky. to be fair, i would like to add that all children have good clothes for resurrection and going out on the town. in other words, when they go where they can be seen, they are well dressed. why be surprised if one of the main people in canadian history, henry hutson, said the following: kill an indian to save a man. and he described the mass death of indians from disease in his diaries as follows: god cleared this land for us. our goal is to continue working until there is not a single unassimilated indian left in canada and the indian question is resolved. there were almost one and a half hundred similar schools, almost 150,000 children passed through their journal, so what’s worse is that the humiliation of violence continued for more than a century. the sad situation of boarding schools has been known for a long time, but after... canada adopted a declaration of reconciliation

we went to the town of churchill in manitoba to see what had changed in a decade for the people and theroot cause why bears and people come into contact. polar bears draw tourists to tiny churchill canada. here where the forest stops and the tundra starts, they come to see the bears make they way bck to the sea ice to feed on seals. from a protected buggy, it's dangerous. hungry bears come to town. when they are spotted, conservation sergeant ian van ness gets the call. his polar bear alert team on this day tracking bears at 5:00 a.m. in the town of 900 people. >> judging by the size of the tracks, it's a sub adult. >> one of the bears was spotted near our hotel. it was a juvenile. the warning shots woke us up. when they find one of the bears, they fire shotgun blanks in the air to scare it away. >> it's all about trying to steer that bear in the right direction. >> by afternoon, it's a day to remember. >> there's been six that have tried to walk in the town today. yes. >> is that an unusually high number? >> today set the record for this season. >> government officials say this year th