Today, as the province cel­e­brates Louis Riel Day, our guest is Dr. Chan­tal Fio­la, Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor in the depart­ment of Urban and Inner-City Stud­ies in the Fac­ul­ty of Arts at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Win­nipeg. We dis­cuss Dr. Fio­la’s book –Rekin­dling the Sacred Fire: Anishi­naabe Spir­tu­al­i­ty and Métis Iden­ti­ty. Dr. Fio­la’s work sits at a piv­otal inter­sec­tion of aca­d­e­m­ic research, Métis iden­ti­ty pol­i­tics, cer­e­mo­ny, and her own per­son­al spir­it walk. She was a fan­tas­tic guest for Louis Riel Day