Film submitted by Amy Cardinal Christianson, Research Scientist, Canadian Forest Service, Canada
The Indigenous cultural burning storytelling and practices project facilitated an opportunity for the First Nations’ Emergency Services Society (FNESS) Forest Fuel Management Department to conduct spring cultural burns (March 2019) alongside Xwisten (Bridge River) First Nation in collaboration with BC Wildfire Service (BCWS). The video features interviews with representatives from FNESS and Xwisten First Nation about the importance of cultural burning revitalization in British Columbia, Canada.