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8th fire [aboriginal peoples, Canada and the way forward]
Xwi7xwa Library, University of British Columbia

2012
Video;Text
Contributors
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Documentary Unit.
Description
"8TH FIRE is a provocative, high-energy journey through Aboriginal country showing why we need to fix Canada's 500 year-old relationship with Indigenous peoples -- a relationship mired in colonialism, conflict and denial. Episode 1 - INDIGENOUS IN THE CITY Meet the rich kaleidoscope of Aboriginal people who are fast joining the country's urban middle class and bringing their culture with them. Episode 2 - IT'S TIME Memorable people and stories from across the country illustrate why there's an economic, demographic and moral imperative to fix Canada's troubled 500-year relationship with Aboriginal people. Episode 3 - WHOSE LAND IS IT ANYWAY? An evocative look at the role that land plays in the conflicted relationship between Aboriginal peoples and the rest of Canada. Episode 4 - AT THE CROSSROADS How the Aboriginal community's feisty and self-confident youth -- the 'Seventh Generation' -- are taking new pride in their heritage and pointing the way forward to a new relationship" (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation).

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Alternate Title(s)
At the crossroads.
Doc zone (Television program)
Eighth fire
Indigenous in the city.
It's time.
Whose land is it anyway?.
Statement of Responsibility
CBC production.
Publication Information
Toronto : CBC Documentary Unit :;CBC Learning [distributor]
Physical Description
4 videodiscs (ca. 180 min.) sd., col. 4 3/4 in. +
Contents
[Disc 1.] Indigenous in the city (ca. 45 min.) -- [Disc 2.] It's time (ca. 45 min.) -- [Disc 3.] Whose land is it anyway? (ca. 45 min.) -- [Disc 4.] At the crossroads (ca. 45 min.)
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