Lighting the 7th Fire

Lighting the 7th Fire

48 mins | Documentary | July 4, 1995

A Chippewa prophecy foretells a time called the 7th Fire when lost traditions will be recovered. Native American filmmaker Sandra Sunrising Osawa examines how the Chippewa Indians of Northern Wisconsin have struggled to restore the centuries-old tradition of spearfishing — and the heated opposition they have encountered.

Lighting the 7th Fire

48 mins | Documentary | July 4, 1995

Lighting the 7th Fire
A Chippewa prophecy foretells a time called the 7th Fire when lost traditions will be recovered. Native American filmmaker Sandra Sunrising Osawa examines how the Chippewa Indians of Northern Wisconsin have struggled to restore the centuries-old tradition of spearfishing — and the heated opposition they have encountered.
Producers Upstream Productions
Original title Lighting the 7th Fire
Directors Yasu Osawa, Sandra Osawa
Writers Sandra Osawa

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