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ysabetwordsmithFireSmart Canada is pleased to release Blazing the Trail: Celebrating Indigenous Fire
Stewardship, a beautiful, bound publication that recognizes the contributions to wildfire
prevention of Indigenous communities in Canada.
The glossy, 56-page book is the culmination of a FireSmart Canada partnership with Natural
Resources Canada and Alberta Agriculture and Forestry. Thanks to the Province of Manitoba for
funding distribution of the book to Indigenous Peoples across Canada.
Blazing the Trail is both a resource and a treasure; its detailed, first-person stories provide insight and context about Indigenous Peoples and fire stewardship, and the narrative encourages celebration and sharing of wise practices and lessons learned across generations.
Artwork, photos, and writings throughout the book acknowledge the significance of storytelling and expressive arts as ways of sharing knowledge about the roles and uses of fire in Indigenous communities.
The publication acknowledges that Indigenous communities have been leading, in many ways,
fire mitigation and prevention.
An important outcome of Indigenous fire stewardship is wildland fire risk reduction, which
aligns with FireSmart. The project engaged technical writers and peer reviewers across Canada. According to project managers Dr. Amy Cardinal Christianson (Métis) and Dr. Natasha Caverley (Algonquin/Jamaican/Irish), 80 per cent of Canada’s Indigenous communities are in forested regions and therefore are at risk from wildfires.
“Many Indigenous communities are already carrying out valuable work in the areas of
destructive wildfire prevention and risk reduction,” says Christianson. “We wanted to highlight those contributions in this book.”
Blazing the Trail: Celebrating Indigenous Fire Stewardship is designed for leaders at all levels in Indigenous communities, from local youth to elders, fire-keepers, fire knowledge-holders, elected officials, fire chiefs, and senior community managers/administrators.
Stewardship, a beautiful, bound publication that recognizes the contributions to wildfire
prevention of Indigenous communities in Canada.
The glossy, 56-page book is the culmination of a FireSmart Canada partnership with Natural
Resources Canada and Alberta Agriculture and Forestry. Thanks to the Province of Manitoba for
funding distribution of the book to Indigenous Peoples across Canada.
Blazing the Trail is both a resource and a treasure; its detailed, first-person stories provide insight and context about Indigenous Peoples and fire stewardship, and the narrative encourages celebration and sharing of wise practices and lessons learned across generations.
Artwork, photos, and writings throughout the book acknowledge the significance of storytelling and expressive arts as ways of sharing knowledge about the roles and uses of fire in Indigenous communities.
The publication acknowledges that Indigenous communities have been leading, in many ways,
fire mitigation and prevention.
An important outcome of Indigenous fire stewardship is wildland fire risk reduction, which
aligns with FireSmart. The project engaged technical writers and peer reviewers across Canada. According to project managers Dr. Amy Cardinal Christianson (Métis) and Dr. Natasha Caverley (Algonquin/Jamaican/Irish), 80 per cent of Canada’s Indigenous communities are in forested regions and therefore are at risk from wildfires.
“Many Indigenous communities are already carrying out valuable work in the areas of
destructive wildfire prevention and risk reduction,” says Christianson. “We wanted to highlight those contributions in this book.”
Blazing the Trail: Celebrating Indigenous Fire Stewardship is designed for leaders at all levels in Indigenous communities, from local youth to elders, fire-keepers, fire knowledge-holders, elected officials, fire chiefs, and senior community managers/administrators.
