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The Seventh Prophet that came to the people long ago was said to be different from the other prophets. This prophet was described as "young and had a strange light in his eyes" and said,

"In the time of the Seventh Fire a Oshkibimadizeeg (New People) will emerge. They will retrace their steps to find what was left by the trail. Their steps will take them to the Elders who they will ask to guide them on their journey. But many of the Elders will have fallen asleep. They will awaken to this new time with nothing to offer. Some of the Elders will be silent because no one will ask anything of them. The New People will have to be careful in how they approach the Elders. The task of the New People will not be easy.

If the New People will remain strong in their quest the Water Drum of the Midewiwin Lodge will again sound its voice. There will be a rebirth of the Anishinaabe Nation and a rekindling of old flames. The Sacred Fire will again be lit.

It is this time that the light skinned race will be given a choice between two roads. One road will be green and lush, and very inviting. The other road will be black and charred, and walking it will cut their feet. In the prophecy, the people decide to take neither road, but instead to turn back, to remember and reclaim the wisdom of those who came before them. If they choose the right road, then the Seventh Fire will light the Eighth and final Fire, an eternal fire of peace, love, brotherhood and sisterhood. If the light skinned race makes the wrong choice of the roads, then the destruction which they brought with them in coming to this country will come back at them and cause much suffering and death to all the Earth's people."

Today, it may seem like capitalism's headlong rush towards a technologically fueled apocalypse of its own make is inevitable. It may seem like war and exploitation and industrial excess is the only path there may be, but we have already lived in harmony with nature once. We can learn to live it again. Indeed, we are faced with two roads, and with dwindling time to choose our path. In the prophecy, it is not the New People who must make this choice, but rather, the light skinned race. Capitalism's promise has come in a false way, it is not sustainable. It is a fire that is going to burn itself out of oxygen.

Industrial capitalism is a tremendously alien state of affairs, one enforced through violence and it poses an existential threat to us all, in the end. There is a choice, thankfully. What choice is made is yet to be determined.