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Indigenous fire knowledge the latest Australian export in an emerging global wildfire crisis
Meghan Gillespie 2024-02-02 Meghan Gillespie 2024-02-02

Indigenous fire knowledge the latest Australian export in an emerging global wildfire crisis

ABC News (Australia)

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The art of fire: reviving the Indigenous craft of cultural burning
Meghan Gillespie 2024-02-02 Meghan Gillespie 2024-02-02

The art of fire: reviving the Indigenous craft of cultural burning

The Narwal

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Indigenous fire keepers and ecologists say it's time to light a careful fire to calm wildfires
Meghan Gillespie 2024-02-02 Meghan Gillespie 2024-02-02

Indigenous fire keepers and ecologists say it's time to light a careful fire to calm wildfires

CBC News

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Ancient Fire Prevention Practices, Reignited
Meghan Gillespie 2024-02-02 Meghan Gillespie 2024-02-02

Ancient Fire Prevention Practices, Reignited

The Tyee

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First Nations are Fighting Fire with Fire
Meghan Gillespie 2019-03-11 Meghan Gillespie 2019-03-11

First Nations are Fighting Fire with Fire

The Tyee

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Dr. Jonaki Bhattacharyya is working for Gathering Voices Society to evaluate the effects of cultural burning on ungulate (hooved animal) behaviour.

Dr. Bhattacharyya joined us in spring to for our spring burns. She monitored post-burn ungulate behav
Beauty of the Land

Gorgeous shots of both Xeni Gwet’in and Yunesit’in land this spring.
Learning from the land…
Masters students taking soil samples and analyzing burns. 

#indigenous #wildfire #bcwildfire 
#ngo #gatheringvoices #bcwildfires #culturalburning #ecosystemrestoration #bc #prescribedfire #prescribedburns #indigenousca
Elders from Yunesit’in sharing traditional knowledge with Victor Steffensen of @firesticks.alliance.network. Our work could not exist without this sharing of knowledge through generations.

#indigenous #wildfire #bcwildfire 
#ngo #gatheringvoic
Reconnecting with Traditional Practices: 
Letting the land lead, Victor Steffensen discovered the benefits of using Aspen Bark as a fire starter for our cultural burns.
Instead of relying on modern tools such as drip torches, this technique incorpor
Unhealthy Forest Fuels Wildfires 

These photos showcase how logging and mono culture leads to unhealthy forests. Reduced
biodiversity and increased flammability is prime fuel for
devastating wildfires. 

It’s time to embrace Indigenous-led e

Members of the Gathering Voices Society who do not identify as Indigenous are grateful to live, work, and be in relation with people from across many traditional and unceded territories, covering all regions of British Columbia. We are honoured to live on this land and are committed to reconciliation, decolonization, and building practical long-term solutions to support the economic, ecological, social and cultural priorities of Indigenous communities.