Exploring Theme: "Indigenous Solutions: Climate Change"

More First Nations in B.C. are rediscovering the cultural use of controlled burning to protect communities from wildfires A year of planning took place to prepare for the cultural burn on March 18 that treated 151 hectares of land in and around the First Nations community of Xwisten, located just north of Lillooet in B.C.’s...

We Wai Kai Guardians are partnering with Quadra Island volunteer groups to do a critical survey of wetlands to protect water as droughts increase with climate change, says Guardians manager Shane Pollard. Photo Rochelle Baker / Canada’s National Observer Listen to article Canada’s National Observer: A coastal First Nation’s Guardian team is gearing up to test...

Knowledge-keepers say it’s time to end the colonial legacy of fire suppression: ‘Our wisdom and how we took care of the land has been disregarded’ A wildfire sweeps through a mountainside in the Kootenay River watershed in August 2023. Photo by Mike Graeme.  APTN news: IndigNews – With destructive wildfires impacting communities across Turtle Island,...