''8th Fire: Aboriginal Peoples, Canada & the Way Forward'' is a Canadian broadcast
documentary series
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*Television documentary series, sometimes called d ...
, which aired in 2012. Featuring television, radio and web broadcasting components, the series focused on the changing nature of Canada's relationship with its
First Nations
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* Indigenous peoples, for ethnic groups who are the earliest known inhabitants of an area.
Indigenous groups
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**First Natio ...
Toronto Star
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'', January 17, 2012.
The television component aired as a four-part documentary hosted by
Wab Kinew
Wabanakwut "Wab" Kinew (; born December 31, 1981), ''
Doc Zone
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The series started in 2006 and concluded in 2015 ...
'', while radio programming devoted to First Nations themes aired on a variety of
CBC Radio
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series and the web component included content from a variety of contributors, including news coverage by CBC News reporters and a series of
short film
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s by 20 First Nations,
Inuit
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and Métis reporters and filmmakers. The soundtrack for the documentary series was composed by Cris Derksen.
The series was a shortlisted nominee for the Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program, and for Best Cross-Platform Project, Non-Fiction, at the