Firelighters Margo Robbins and Elizabeth Azzuz explain the differences between controlled (or prescribed) burns and cultural burns. Each type has their purpose on the land - the former to prevent wildfires and the latter to renew plant life and wildlife as they are critical to Indigenous peoples.

FIRELIGHTERS: FIRE IS MEDICINE: Indigenous people have deep knowledge of the art of using fire. Follow the work of women leaders from the Yurok and Karuk Tribes who are building resources to share indigenous practices and create policies to take back indigenous burning rights. By Sande Zeig.

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