For tribes, 'good fire' a key to restoring nature and people
Native tribes in the U.S. West are making progress toward restoring their ancient practice of treating lands with fire
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Native tribes in the U.S. West are making progress toward restoring their ancient practice of treating lands with fire
Over several days in October, about 80 acres on the Yurok reservation were set aflame in a program that teaches ancient skills of treating land with fire.
WEITCHPEC, Calif. (AP) -- Elizabeth Azzuz stood in prayer on a Northern California mountainside, grasping a torch of wormwood branches, the fuel her
WEITCHPEC, Calif. (AP) — Elizabeth Azzuz stood in prayer on a Northern California mountainside, arms outstretched, grasping a handmade torch of dried wormwood branches, the fuel her Native American ancestors used for generations to burn underbrush in thick forest.
WEITCHPEC, Calif. (AP) — Elizabeth Azzuz stood in prayer on a Northern California mountainside, grasping a torch of wormwood branches, the fuel her Native American ancestors used to burn underbrush in thick forests.