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>> this fire absolutely would not have happened if it were cared for by tribal people. and we want to be able to share our knowledge, and people are continually asking us, can we do cultural burning. well, are you tribal? and why would you want to do cultural burning without us? >> ooh, yeah. look what happened when the white man got yoga. look how that went. >> we're starting to try to sway the agencies to think about native burning. >> yep, yeah. >> and that's passing on that traditional knowledge that it does have value, even if you're not indian. >> like here and now today, how can we chan...

For starting over 1500 wildfires. this includes the camp fire. and that one pg&e pleaded guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter. for many in northern california, including me, pg&e has become a four-letter word. i'm just taking a poll of everybody i talk to. word association. pg&e. >> fire. >> corporate greed. >> outdated. >> outdated. >> fall guy. >> lacking. >> my word is accountability. >> accountability, yeah, that would be nice. fighting for that accountability is mark tuolumne, the executive director of the utility reform network. >> we're an organization that's been around for ...

Dispatched to tackle the blaze in their own backyard. i want to talk about the camp fire and how that affected this community, how it affected the three of you. >> matt and joe both lost their homes there. so that's what was different about the camp fire is that it finally hit our home community. >> just a blanket statement. i han'uthe camp fire much. >> okay. >> hopefully i don't choke up. i haven't had to get that out of my system yet. >> yeah, you know. even with the work that you do and the work you do every day, it's got to be hard to think about this side of it and this side of it, you k...

Called greenville home for generations. >> here, we don't have a reservation. we're part of the community. so the tribe is a big part of this town. . >> long before it was ever called greenville, these were the sacred ancestral lands. >> you know we used to be large around here, but you got to remember that we've already been through the apocalypse. 97% of our tribe was either murdered or died from disease, because this was ground zero for the gold rush. >> the white settlers' temperature search for power and mountain lion. but danny and his people have not given up. >> you know, we're always ...

Ago there was five-foot flames. now it's sort of out. it's super fascinating. is there a reason for optimism like this? >> i don't think that we're going to be able to prescribe burn our way to help the entire landscape be safe. but i think it can help. >> i think we are heading in a good direction with it. now the state is finally at the point with policies that came forward today to recognize cultural burning. so it's now codified in some state law, and i was able to work on some of that policy development. the state has a plan that's coming forward. we're targeting the to burn 5,000 acres b...