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Cassie: Hey guys! It is Cassie Hudson, and yesterday New York Comic Con wrapped up. From the celebs to the costumes, I got to check it all out! More later on in the show, but first — Channel One News starts right now.

Arielle: Looks like a blast, and I love those costumes! So Cassie will be back with more Comic Con fun a bit later. But first, we are checking up on Tropical Depression Nate. Nate is the fourth major storm to hit the United States in less than two months, and right now, nearly 100,000 are without power.

Over the weekend Nate hit the Gulf Coast, bringing lots of rain and heavy winds to Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. The storm brought a burst of flooding and power outages before weakening rapidly on Sunday, sparing the region the kind of catastrophic damage done by other hurricanes in recent weeks. But eyes are still on communities near the water as millions in the Southeast are under a flash flood watch. 

More than 300 nominees were up for this year's Nobel Peace Prize, the most famous   honor in the world. And on Friday a group that is working toward a global ban on nuclear weapons was named the winner.

Woman: To the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons — ICAN.

Arielle: The announcement came as a surprise to the group based in Switzerland. For the past 10 years, ICAN activists have been trying to convince nuclear-armed nations to get rid of their weapons programs.

Daniel Hoegsta: If there were ever a moment for nations to declare their unequivocal opposition to nuclear weapons, that moment is now.

Arielle: The award may send a signal to the U.S. and North Korea that negotiations over nuclear weapons are necessary to avoid a humanitarian crisis. It is also a show of support for the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, which ICAN pushed for but President Trump has spoken out against.

And as part of the award, ICAN will also get a $1.1-million prize to continue its effort.

Okay now, next up, today is Columbus Day, a federal holiday that falls on the second Monday of October every year. So here are five things to know about Columbus Day.

One, it is believed Christopher Columbus landed in the Bahamas, part of the Americas, on October 12, 1492, and Columbus Day is meant to celebrate his arrival in the New World.

Two, Columbus Day has been celebrated since the late 1700s, but it didn't become an official federal holiday until 1934.

Three, Columbus really wanted to find a shortcut to China and India, but instead, he found a continent pretty much unknown to Europeans at that time. It wasn't until about his third trip to the Americas that he realized he didn't actually make it to Asia, but he became the first European to explore the Americas since the Vikings. 

Four, recently the holiday has become controversial. Columbus was considered a brilliant navigator and fearless explorer, but when he arrived in America, he started a campaign of slavery and violence. That is why some say a holiday in his honor isn't appropriate. But Italian Americans say we should keep the holiday to honor Italian heritage.

Five, 22 states and dozens of cities and communities don't celebrate Columbus Day. Many have instead renamed the holiday Indigenous People's Day, a day to celebrate Native Americans.

Speaking of Indigenous People's Day, up next, we are heading north — way north — to tap into a native culture known for living off the land.

Arielle: Okay guys, as we mentioned, today is also Indigenous People's Day, which leads us to Words in the News: indigenous. Indigenous people means the first people who lived in any region; basically, they are the native people. 

So Keith Kocinski is taking us all the way up to Canada to spend a day with one young person who takes pride in his indigenous culture.

Keith: I see a little seal hanging from that thing, so what is this?

Gage Nochasak: This would be used for the 1-foot-high kick or the 2-foot-high kick. These are used for strength, you know, being able to survive on the land.

Keith: Let me warm up. Let’s give this a shot.

But this is more than just a game. It is conditioning for 19-year-old Gage Nochasak to get ready to spend months in a frozen world hunting for food. Gage is Inuit and lives in Makkovik, Newfoundland, in Labrador, Canada — a place where winters are long and summers are short. 

How challenging of a lifestyle is it for the people out here?

Nochasak: It can be quite challenging. Some winters there might not be as much seals or whales, so you get kind of less food; you might have to rely on the local stores. The 24-hour darkness too up here is very bad.

Keith: The Inuit once lived entirely off the vast frozen land and water in the Arctic and were some of the first people to inhabit northern Canada. Today most of the nearly 100,000 who identify as Inuit live in Canada, Greenland, Russia and the United States and are united by five common languages. 

Nochasak: We aren't as nomadic as we used to be. Like, we have our own houses with our families, electricity, running water. But, like, some people might assume igloos, and the igloos are usually recreational things instead of somewhere — a place to live for a couple months.

Keith: Many Inuit communities are isolated, like Pond Inlet in Canada's Nunavut Province. Frozen most of the year, it is nearly unreachable by boat. Flights out, even to other places in Canada, are crazy expensive.

But there may be a bigger price to pay living up here. Suicide has been labeled a crisis in Nunavut. The rate is at least five times higher than any other Canadian province. And the Inuit live with overcrowding and rough conditions because it is hard to get supplies to build new homes. Nothing can grow — not even trees.

Ethan Larman, a former social worker in Nunavut, says many Inuit were under stress.

Ethan Larman: You will find a large population of elders who were born on the land, so they were born in tents. They were nomadic, and they are suffering in the town. They miss things. There’s a high level of elder depression and anxiety just because they are losing a sense of purpose.

Keith: When the Europeans arrived, many Inuit were forced to move north and to learn and understand the European-Canadian culture. They were sent to Canadian-Indian residential school systems founded in the 19th century. 

Larman: Basically, residential schools were there to, if I'm going to be politically correct, take the Indian out of the Indian. 

Nochasak: The kids were punished for speaking their language. They were forced to talk English. It became kind of a bad thing because they were shunned for their beliefs, and some people became embarrassed and didn’t want to share it.

Keith: But young people like Gage are determined to preserve the Inuit culture.

Nochasak: A lot of people are very proud — people like me, like, who enjoy just sharing their culture. I've been teaching myself the language, and I hope that one day I will be able to teach my kids and my family the language.

Keith: Keith Kocinski, Channel One News. 

Arielle: Thanks, Keith.

All right, guys, you know what time it is. It is time for the Next Big Thing. Now, before we battle into this week's NBT, let's see what you guys thought about last week's.

We told you about a new way to find the perfect furry friend for the fam — pet matching. So is it the next big thing? Eighty-seven percent said, “Yes — it is purrfect!” But 13 percent said, “No — not a match.”

Thanks for voting, guys! Now Cassie joins us after what can only be described as a super weekend. 

Cassie: That is right, Arielle. I spent yesterday at New York Comic Con, the No. 1 place for fandoms to unite.

Arielle: Sounds like a blast! I went there last year and loved it.

Cassie: I mean, who could forget your epic X-Men Storm costume? One for the books, Now, if you guys want to experience some Comic Con fun, check out our Snapchat for some behind-the-scenes footage, including some wise words from the cast of “The Gifted.” Now, for this week's Next Big Thing, we picked one in the same spirit for all you gamers. Take a look.

Traditional trading cards are out, and augmented reality gaming is in. It is called Genesis, an augmented reality trading card game that allows the characters on the cards to come to life. But how does it work?

To play the game you start with your tabletop card set. Then, by using your smartphone, you are able to awaken the characters from the cards into real life. The power of augmented reality allows users to experience a real-time battle system.

The masterminds behind the game play are Long Roos and Ryan Neale, and get this — they are only 18 years old. The inspiration for the game is rooted in their childhood desires to bring games like Pokemon and Mortal Kombat to life. Recently graduated from high school, the team lives in Australia and has hopes of creating more augmented reality games to join Genesis.

So are AR trading cards the next big thing? You know what to do: Head to to vote and leave us a comment, or, better yet, send us a video response to NBT@.

Arielle: Girl, I totally think it is the next big thing.

But that is game over for today's show, and we will start up again right back here tomorrow.

 

 

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