First+Peoples+of+North+America

[|Indigenous in the City]
//In the opening episode of the four-part series 8TH Fire, host [|Wab Kinew], from the Ojibways of Onigaming First Nation in Northern __Ontario__, and now a Winnipeg-based TV journalist, invites us to come "meet the neighbours". It's about time, since many Canadians say they have never met an Aboriginal person. This vibrant kaleidoscopic hour, introduces a diverse cast of Indigenous characters living in the cities. They are united in a shared bond as Canada's First Peoples and in their determination to reassert their culture within a wider population of non-Indigenous Canadians.//

[|It's Time]
//In a dynamic 2-minute walk through 500 years of history, 8TH FIRE host, [|Wab Kinew] explains how ancient Wampum belts hold a clue to the future. The Supreme Court of __Canada__ now confirms the promises they hold as the truth. The First Nations of this country were not conquered. They signed treaties to share the land, and this means Aboriginal people must be consulted and accommodated when anyone wants to dig, explore or develop on their land. As the world clamours for the treasure trove of resource wealth on the marginalized land we forced them to inhabit, deals must be made with Canada's First Peoples. It's a gamechanger.//

[|Whose Land is it Anyway?]
//There's no getting around it. Land is the biggest sticking point in the relationship between Aboriginal peoples in Canada and the "settler" population. Who owns it, benefits from it, gets to say when, if and how it gets developed? These questions are all the more crucial because the lands in dispute sit on a treasure-trove of resources, which the world is eager to buy from Canada. But don't despair. This episode of 8th FIRE, full of breathtaking HD landscapes and compelling characters, explores the creative ways of working this out.//

[|At the Crossroads]
//At the close of the series, we meet young Aboriginals preparing to change the future, determined to light the 8th Fire and build a new relationship with Canada. A fascinating range of artists, activists and business people take us through ways to shed the colonial past, build new pathways in __education__ and economic development. This is all in pursuit of a new relationship to replace 500 years of conflict and injustices.//

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 * **Introduction & Anthropology** - Subsistence, Social Organization, Government, Religion, Kinship, and Ethnography
 * **The Inuit** - Caribou, history, government, Nunavut, Global Warming, the Seal Hunt Michelle, Aman, Emily and Hayley/Emily, Bronwyn, Jonathan, Clayton, (Coastal Inuit) Albert, Victoria, Megan, Max
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 * **The Iroquois of the Eastern Woodlands** - Society, Family, Agriculture, Current Issues: Christina, Louise, Cassidy, Olya
 * **Peoples of the Plains** - Bison, Spirituality, Treaties - Julie, Derek, Duncan, Jen S / Stephanie, Sara, Macguire, Marie (Interior Plains)

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 * **Peoples of the Plateau** - Salmon, Colonialism, Housing and Social Organization Alvin, Daniel L., Jeff, Vincent
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 * **Peoples of Northwest Coast** - Social Organization, Food Gathering, Art & Mythology, European Contact and Current Issues
 * People of The Canadian Shield
 * People of The Canadian Shield


 * People of the Appalachians

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