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Restoring the Land, Restoring the People: Cultural Burning with Margo Robbins

Restoring the Land, Restoring the People: Cultural Burning with Margo Robbins

FromLife with Fire


Restoring the Land, Restoring the People: Cultural Burning with Margo Robbins

FromLife with Fire

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Length:
21 minutes
Released:
Nov 9, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The practice of cultural burning hinges on one critical truth: healthy land means healthy people. Margo Robbins, who is a Yurok tribal member, basket weaver and the executive director of the Cultural Fire Management Council,  explains the importance of cultural burning on Yurok tribal lands—located in Northern California— as well as why she has a vested interest in reintegrating cultural burns on her ancestral lands. Listen in to learn more about indigenous burning, the ecological and cultural benefits of fire and how cultural burning has helped renew the art and practice of basket weaving for Margo and other members of the Yurok Tribe. 
Released:
Nov 9, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (61)

What are the benefits of prescribed burning? Why have wildfires gotten so severe lately? How can I help protect my home and community? Life With Fire podcast aims to answer these questions (and many others) while deepening our understanding of the critical role fire plays in America’s forests, lands and communities. Hosted by writer and former wildland firefighter Amanda Monthei, Life with Fire features interviews with everyone from scientists to fire management experts to Indigenous practitioners and folks doing the work on the ground. Through these interviews, Amanda hopes to explore our relationship with fire, as well as ways we can better coexist with it in the future.