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Doc Zone | Season 2011-2012, Episode 0 | Dec 6, 2011 | 6:17

Lighting the 8th Fire

Anishinaabe activist, scholar and mother, Leanne Simpson explains the '8th Fire' prophecy and what needs to happen in the relationship between Indigenous people and Canada before it can be lit.

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