As many forests fail to recover from wildfires, replanting efforts face huge odds -- and obstacles. Note @mhurteau.bsky.social is a subject matter expert in this AP article 🔥

As many forests fail to recover from wildfires, replanting efforts face huge odds -- and obstacles

The U.S. is struggling to replant forests destroyed by increasingly destructive wildfires, with some areas unlikely to recover.

Stolen was directed by the Sami woman who sings in this Playing for Change video. youtu.be/LH0-WXUFY2k?...

When The Levee Breaks feat. John Paul Jones | Playing For Change | Song Around The World

YouTube video by Playing For Change

Similarly, Western education & science also tend to value transparency as a public good but can endanger communities. “Western journalism tends to value transparency as a public good. But… Include too-specific cultural details, and I risk endangering my community.” www.propublica.org/article/indi...

At Indigenous Sacred Sites, Seeing Things I’m Not Supposed to See

Western journalism tends to value transparency as a public good. But as an Indigenous reporter, I face a unique set of challenges: Include too-specific cultural details, and I risk endangering my comm...

A film about climate, colonialism, and community: “I believe that the digital world and the film world are tools to reach out to a large audience and market. But we still have the oral storytelling tradition very much alive, such as, for example, joik.” nordicwatchlist.com/2024/04/24/e...

From Reindeer Herder to Director: Elle Márjá Eira on Her Debut Feature 'Stolen'

When Netflix announced a film adaptation of Ann-Helén Laestadius’ award-winning novel Stolen, many people were wondering how the authenticity of Laestadius’

hadn't come across this theory about why so many myths about the pleiades mention there being seven sisters when only six are visible: because the root story may be 100,000 years old theconversation.com/the-worlds-o...

The world’s oldest story? Astronomers say global myths about ‘seven sisters’ stars may reach back 100,000 years

Cultures around the world call the Pleiades constellation ‘seven sisters’, even though we can only see six stars today. But things looked quite different 100,000 years ago

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The U.S. government’s definition of carbon sequestration “does not formally recognize the potential of Native-led efforts like bison restoration, fire, and waterscaping.”

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..methods used by tribal producers yield...higher outcomes than the practices stipulated...by...Natural Resources Conservation Service, yet they are not...eligible for the same payments because they are based on methods instead of equivalent outcomes. #IndigenousFarming issues.org/native-regen...

Reform Federal Policies to Enable Native American Regenerative Agriculture

The federal government should embrace Native-led agriculture practices to better conserve ecosystems and incentivize carbon sequestration.

“Fire guardians could help bring down total fire costs, reducing both suppression and mitigation budgets. And they would add value.” vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...

Opinion: A solution for reducing wildfire risk and costs in B.C.

Fire guardians trained in Indigenous and Western fire practices would work year-round to reduce fire risk

“Land Back is a healing mechanism…” but this NPR story describes differences in the experiences at White Earth and Leech Lake. “Land Back isn't just a hashtag or something you see on a t-shirt or on a flag… It is intentional, detailed, hard work that we do together.” www.npr.org/2024/09/18/n...

The legislature should pass SB 310 and the governor should sign it into law. “SB 310 is an opportunity for California to ‘walk the walk’ when it comes to healing and reconciliation of a violent history towards Indigenous peoples and the misguided exclusion of fire.” calmatters.org/commentary/2...

California can right a historic wrong by recognizing tribal authority for cultural burns

As California embraces controlled burns to reduce wildfire risk, tribes still face legal barriers over a cherished cultural practice.