Join Amy Cardinal Christianson and Matthew Kristoff as they give a sneak peek at what to expect in Good Fire’s third season. Stories of Indigenous fire stewardship, cultural and social empowerment and environmental integrity

In this podcast, Victor Steffenson and Ado Webster reflect on their experiences as Indigenous fire-keepers and the future of Indigenous fire management.

In this podcast, Victor Steffenson and Ado Webster talk about cultural burning in Australia and the work Firesticks is doing to promote it.

In this episode, Kayla de Freitas and Nicholas Cyril talk about the cultural burning practices in Guyana.

This episode is a recording of a session at the IAWF Fire & Climate conference in Pasadena CA, featuring early career researchers who are re-kindling cultural burning.

In this podcast, Don Hankins talks about new developments around cultural burning in California and his hopes for the future.

In this episode, Ntando Nondo talks about Indigenous land stewardship and fire management practices in Zimbabwe.

In this podcast, Joe Gilchrist and Natasha Caverley talk about a study exploring cultural safety of Indigenous wildland firefighters in Canada.

In this episode, Russell Myers Ross and William Nikolakis speak about the work of the Gathering Voices Society on revitalizing traditional fire management in Tsilhqot’in Territory and the potential around carbon offsets adapting Australia’s Indigenous land and fire management practices to the Canadian landscape.

In this episode, Ron W. Goode talks about his journey as a Tribal Chairman of stewarding the land through using fire management and the importance of ceremony.

In this podcast, Bhiamie Williamson discusses the connection of Indigenous peoples to the land, and how cultural burning is a way to preserve both the environment and cultural heritage.

Another teaser, and some advice from Amy for those that want to get involved!

Resources

Canada Wildfire: https://www.canadawildfire.org/

Firesticks Alliance Australia: https://www.firesticks.org.au/

Coalition of Prescribed Fire Councils: http://www.prescribedfire.net/

Prescribed Fire Training Exchanges: https://www.conservationgateway.org/ConservationPractices/FireLandscapes/HabitatProtectionandRestoration/Training/TrainingExchanges/Pages/Upcoming-Training-Exchanges.aspx

TREX Prescribed Fire Training Exchange Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/TREXprescribedfiretrainingexchange/

The right to burn: barriers and opportunities for Indigenous-led fire stewardship in Canada: https://www.facetsjournal.com/doi/10.1139/facets-2021-0062

Current Barriers to the Expansion of Cultural Burning and Prescribed Fire in California and Recommended Solutions: https://karuktribeclimatechangeprojects.com/good-fire/

The final episode of the Good Fire Podcast is an incredible conversation that helps to try and summarize some of the ideas we have discussed over the last 10 episodes. Jay Mistry has been working with and doing research in South America with Indigenous peoples for years, and she has a great perspective on many of the issues we have discussed. We talked about the role of cultural fire in Brazil and Venezuela, indigenous lead fire programs, and the challenges with colonial governments and how we can start to shift the conversation. Thank you for listening, we hope to bring you more episodes in the future.