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Text by Nyn Tomkins and David Moskowitz. Photography by David Moskowitz.    HIGH ON A FORESTED MOUNTAIN in northern British Columbia, in the traditional territory of the West Moberly Dunne-za First Nations (WMFN) and Saulteau First Nations (SFN), Starr Gauthier is on patrol with a twelve-gauge shotgun slung over her shoulder and a laptop bag in hand. Starr is a Caribou Guardian charged with tending to the Klinse-za Caribou Maternity Pen built by these First Nations, as part of their effort to protect an animal that is vital to their cultures.   Starr Gauthier, member of the SFN and Caribou...

Musicians in a band, but on different continents? It sounds like a solution dictated by the pandemic but in fact it came together in 2018.  To put it another way, the Proclaimers had a minor hit with their anthem “(I Would Walk) 500 Miles,” but The Burnt Pines’ challenge is crafting a theme song based on the 3,187 miles separating their principal members, who are about equally divided between Boston and Lisbon, Portugal. Guitarist Aaron Flanders is an Illinois native who came to Boston to attend Berklee College of Music where he met Miguel Sa’ Pessoa, a classically trained pianist ...