Cultural Fire
Kjersten Peterson
Fire Learning Network: Bringing Fire Back to ...

“Bringing Fire Back to the People” follows members of the Karuk Tribe in Northern California as they protect and revitalize traditional fire practices and pass knowledge across generations.

Fire Learning Network: Bringing Fire Back to the People: Cultural Burning with a New Generation
Cultural Fire
Kjersten Peterson
Good Fire: Tending Native Lands at ...

Step inside the exhibition-making process at the Oakland Museum of California (OMCA), where immersive dioramas bring a four-stage fire cycle to life. This behind-the-scenes look shows how artists, designers, and scientists collaborate to tell stories of land, ecology, and care within OMCA’s exhibition, Good Fire: Tending Native Lands.

Good Fire: Tending Native Lands at OMCA–Indigenous Fire Stewardship, Dioramas, & Ecology in Action
Kjersten Peterson
Centering Indigenous Voices: The Role of Fire ...

“Indigenous perspectives have often been overlooked in fire management in North America. With a focus on the boreal region of North America, this paper provides a review of the existing literature documenting Indigenous voices and the historical relationship of Indigenous peoples in northern North America to fire and landscapes that burn.”

Centering Indigenous Voices: The Role of Fire in the Boreal Forest of North America
Kjersten Peterson
Wildfire management and evacuation in ...

This article reviews literature on wildfire management and evacuation practices in Canada and the United States to better understand the impacts on Indigenous communities and to involve Indigenous communities in decision-making.

Wildfire management and evacuation in indigenous communities in Canada and the United States: A scoping review

Cultural Fire

Good Fire: Tending Native Lands at OMCA–Indigenous Fire Stewardship, Dioramas, & Ecology in Action

Good Fire: Tending Native Lands at OMCA–Indigenous Fire Stewardship, Dioramas, & Ecology in Action

Step inside the exhibition-making process at the Oakland Museum of California (OMCA), where immersive dioramas bring a four-stage fire cycle to life. This behind-the-scenes look shows how artists, designers, and scientists collaborate to tell stories of land, ecology, and care within OMCA’s exhibition, Good Fire: Tending Native Lands.

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