Centering Indigenous Voices: The Role of Fire in the Boreal Forest of North America

This paper is about the Indigenous perspectives on fire management in North America.

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Creator Amy Cardinal Christianson, Colin Robert Sutherland, Faisal Moola, Noémie Gonzalez Bautista, David Young, Heather MacDonald
Summary Indigenous peoples in the boreal forest have applied fire on their landscapes to fulfill numerous objectives for thousands of years. More than a tool, Indigenous peoples in the boreal view fire as an agent, capable of movement, destruction and creation, acting on the landscape to create order, within a living, connected environment. Unfortunately, restrictions on the application of Indigenous fire knowledge and practice initiated during early colonial times remains a contemporary challenge as well.
Local Relevance Indigenous fire knowledge
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Tags Indigenous fire knowledge,Cultural burning,Cultural fire,Prescribed burning,Colonialism
Geographic Region NWT
Release Date 2022-05-05
Last Modified Date 2022-05-05
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