Indigenous Lore and the Fire Knowledge We Ignore
Author(s): Christine Eriksen
Publisher(s): 360info
Publication Year: 2022
Colonial use of fire in Australia and the USA differs strongly from Indigenous fire knowledge where burning occurs for both cultural and environmental reasons. In her article for 360info, CSS' Christine Eriksen explains how federal fire management agencies and practices of Indigenous fire knowledge can coexist and cooperate. If the traditional Indigenous understanding of the environment is more acknowledged and incorporated, current struggles of devastating wildfires can be managed more easily.