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“A window to the world, through the eyes and lives of indigenous people.”

Indigenous Insight is an international indigenous current affairs series providing comprehensive coverage of the issues affecting indigenous communities. Each week, member broadcasters post the most compelling stories that are affecting their communities.
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Ep01 – Series 1

Ep01 – Series 1

NRK Sámi Radio follows a young reindeer herder and sees how climate change affects their working lives. Māori Television also reports on climate change and rising sea levels which pose a serious threat to low lying Pacific nations. Taiwan Indigenous Television focuses on the only fishing port along the entire… Read more...
Ep02 – Series 1

Ep02 – Series 1

Bus Éireann is Ireland's national, state-owned bus company which is planning cuts on many rural services to save money in the global recession. After Ma Ying-Jeou was elected president of Taiwan in May, he began pushing for liberalized cross-strait policies to allow Chinese tourists to visit Taiwan... Read more...
Ep03 – Series 1

Ep03 – Series 1

With a focus on the state of indigenous languages and major initiatives to revive them, Indigenous Insight heads first to Scotland where the number of Gaelic speakers has diminished to 58,652 people according to the 2001 census. Meanwhile, Irish Education Minister Batt O Keefe's decision... Read more...
Ep04 – Series 1

Ep04 – Series 1

Indigenous Insight looks at the revival of traditional healing amongst indigenous communities, with reports from Taiwan Indigenous Television, NRK Sámi Radio in Norway, Māori Television in New Zealand and Canada’s Aboriginal Peoples Television Network... Read more...
Ep05 – Series 1

Ep05 – Series 1

Indigenous Insight looks at political representation amongst indigenous peoples in this week’s episode with reports from Aboriginal Peoples Television Network in Canada, Māori Television in New Zealand, Taiwan Indigenous Television, and NRK Sámi Radio in Norway... Read more...
Ep06 – Series 1

Ep06 – Series 1

Indigenous Insight looks at the settlement of grievances over rivers and land in this week’s episode with reports from Māori Television in New Zealand, Taiwan Indigenous Television, NRK Sámi Radio in Norway, Canada’s Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, and BBC Alba in Scotland... Read more...
Ep07 – Series 1

Ep07 – Series 1

Indigenous Insight episode seven looks at the importance of the ocean and waterways to indigenous peoples with stories from Taiwan Indigenous Television, Māori Television in New Zealand, Norway’s NRK Sámi Radio, BBC Alba in Scotland and TG4 in Ireland... Read more...
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SERIES 2, 2010

  • Ep13 – Series 2
    Ep13 – Series 2 In the final episode of Indigenous Insight second series, we look at the colorful indigenous…
  • Ep11 – Series 2
    Ep11 – Series 2 This episode looks at the impact of climate change in the indigenous community. Scotland's Isle…
  • Ep10 – Series 2
    Ep10 – Series 2 In Aotearoa New Zealand, the Parihaka commemorations are again looming. For the uninitiated, Parihaka was…
  • Ep09 – Series 2
    Ep09 – Series 2 This episode looks at imprisonment and how badly are indigenous people being affected. In Hawaii,…
  • Ep08 – Series 2
    Ep08 – Series 2 In this episode we look at language revival across the indigenous world. With 50 distinct…
  • Ep07 – Series 2
    Ep07 – Series 2 Hawai’i’s slam poetry is a modern take on poetry recital. Jamaica Osorio, a young Hawaiian…
  • Ep06 – Series 2
    Ep06 – Series 2 In Taiwan, many indigenous parents hope their children can become professional baseball players and help…
  • Ep05 – Series 2
    Ep05 – Series 2 Jobs is the major discussion in this episode. The global recession seems to be easing…