Cultural burning, Karuk nation members, northern California.

"Initial explorers and immigrants who settled indigenous land did not understand the complex interconnected landscape. For a long time, Western society chose to remain ignorant of the issues associated with otherwise unsustainable short-term ecologic practices, policies, and actions—like suppressing naturally occurring fires. This mentality and the Western practice of fire suppression have contributed to human-accelerated climate change that threatens modern standards of life."Only with the development of recent rigorous and longitudinal climate studies has Western understanding of ecology and cycles grown to acknowledge that fire-based ecological practices, developed long ago by indigenous practitioners, were perpetuating healthy cycles." - Hillary Renick

Article: Fire, Forests, and Our Lands: An Indigenous Ecological Perspective