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Tending the Wild’s “Cultural Burning,” www.kcet.org/shows/tending-the-wild/clip/cultural-burning (accessed 15 May 2021).

Chris Clark, KCET, 7 June 2017, www.kcet.org/shows/tending-the-wild/burning-for-acorns-in-sequoia-national-park-native-peoples-and-the-park-service-working-together.

This short documentary, Cultural Burning (prod. US Forestry Service), and the accompanying article provide important context about the cultural, epistemological, spiritual, and political importance of cultural burns Native Americans utilize in California. Subsequently, the repression of such practices that started with Spanish colonialism continued onwards with US colonialism and control in California. Events like the Thomas Fire are the results of colonial practices towards forestry compounded by colonial practices towards energy, electricity, and deregulation. However, both the documentary and associated article point to opportunities for collaboration between the Forest Service and Indigenous communities for sustainable fire practices in the present.

Smoke rises from a fire in the hills. Image from Unsplash: Images for Everyone