The Intentional Fire podcast is a collaborative effort between the Karuk Tribe, Department of Natural Resources and the Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center. The podcast records stories and perspectives related to cultural and prescribed burning and builds off of a recent report called Good Fire. The report, commissioned by the Karuk Tribe, describes the barriers to intentional burning and identifies potential solutions. This podcast gives voice to those impacted by fire suppression and fire exclusion and is an opportunity to learn from Karuk People about their relationship to fire.
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Intentional Fire: Karuk Tribe/Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center
Decolonizing Fire with Chook-Chook Hillman (Season 1 Episode 4)
(Season1 Episode 4) On this episode, host’s Vikki and Anna interview Chook-Chook Hillman. Chook wears a lot of hats; he is a Cultural Practitioner, Ceremonial Leader, Direct Action Organizer, Father of 5 and traditional house builder to name a few. Currently he works at a local school “doing Indian thing’s” as he puts it. He has helped plan a lot of the Western Klamath Restoration Project’s (WKRP) latest project, Ikxariya Tuuyship. This will create and maintain the conditions to bring fire back to the world renewal ceremony at Katimin. This was stopped through violence and repression since the early 1900’s.
24 Sept 2022
A Family Tradition With Fire: Adrian Gilkison (Season 1, Episode 3)
“It’s part of your daily chores, to not let everything shrink in around you” Joining Vikki Preston (Karuk Department of Natural Resources) and Anna Malka Murviet (University of Arizona/Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center) is Adrian Gilkison a Karuk tribal member from Orleans, Ca who tells us the importance of family traditions for her culture, fire being a part of those traditions and the difference in fire today.
16 Sept 2022
The Land, Fire, and Community Are Moving Together: Managing Fire Since Time Immemorial: Kathy McCovey (Season 1, Episode 2)
"People were here for thousands of generations and in 120 years non-native people who came over were able to change the environment because they stopped using fire." Joining Vikki Preston (Karuk Department of Natural Resources) and Anna Malka Murviet (University of Arizona/Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center) as they are joined by Kathy McCovey a fierce and knowledgeable Karuk gatherer, knowledge holder/teacher, and plant expert. Listen in on how she has used her traditional knowledge throughout her life and career.
9 Sept 2022
A Basket Weaver's Story: Verna Reece (Season 1, Episode 1)
Join Vikki Preston (Karuk Department of Natural Resources) and Anna Malka Murveit (University of Arizona/Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center) as they interview Karuk master basket weaver Verna Reece. Verna is a gracious and powerful basket weaver, teacher, and advocate for Indigenous led burning practices. Listen in on an Indigenous weaver’s story as she struggles against barriers placed through colonization and mismanagement of the land. The sharing and community weaving build is important to the foundation of burning, stay tuned for more episodes and stories behind intentional burning with traditional practitioners and their connections and advocacy for fire.
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