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Aboriginal people are key because they have a different sense of where we belong and how we interact with nature.

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David Suzuki
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: March 24
Biologist
Climate Activist
Environmentalist
Professor
Science Writer
Writer
Zoologist
Vancouver
British Columbia
David Takayoshi Suzuki
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Sense
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Aboriginal
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