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Fighting Fire With Fire: Using Cultural Burning Practices

Agriculture and Natural Resources (Video)

English - November 07, 2018 21:00 - 3 minutes - 57 MB Video - ★★★ - 5 ratings
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Ron Goode, Tribal Chairman of the North Fork Mono Tribe, led UC Davis professor, Beth Rose Middleton Manning's, students through a cultural burn. Students participated in preparing the land and igniting the fire, and contributed to a historic indigenous tradition. Cultural burning practices empower Native American communities, and could possibly be used as a tool to help alleviate devastating wildfires. Series: "UCTV Prime" [Humanities] [Agriculture] [Show ID: 34098]