The increase in unprecedented damage from wildfires knows no boundaries and International Indigenous fire management experts see global participation as a solution. At the heart of their work is recognition that climate change is a major contributing factor. They’re...
The increase in unprecedented damage from wildfires knows no boundaries and International Indigenous fire management experts see global participation as a solution. At the heart of their work is recognition that climate change is a major contributing factor. They’re bringing traditional fire knowledge to a new generation who are inheriting some of the worst conditions for destructive wildfires in history. We’ll talk with some of those gathered for this year’s Indigenous Peoples Burning Workshop, in this encore episode of Native America Calling (no calls, please).
GUESTS
Charity Battise (Alabama Coushatta), student at the University of Oklahoma
Ryan Reed (Karuk, Hupa, and Yurok), Indigenous fire practitioner
Victor Steffensen (Tagalaka descendent), lead fire practitioner of the Firesticks Indigenous Alliance
Break 1 Music: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (song) PIQSIQ (artist)
Break 2 Music: 12 Days of Christmas (song) Carol Adams (artist) Heartbeat of the Holiday Season (album)