Lecture
Cultural Burning and Climate Justice
Dr. Beth Rose Middleton Manning examines cultural burning as an Indigenous-led climate adaptation, contrasting it with prescribed fire. She highlights its role in restoring ecosystems, food systems, and sovereignty, while addressing challenges practitioners face.
Learning Objectives
The learning objectives for this lecture are to:
- Understand the links between fire suppression, the suppression of Indigenous peoples, and climate justice
- Identify differences and similarities between cultural burning and prescribed burnin
- Identify challenges and opportunities facing cultural burn practitioners
- Cultivate respect for cultural burn practitioners and the depth of ecological and cultural knowledge required to engage in cultural burning
Dr. Beth Rose Middleton Manning is a Professor of Native American Studies at UC Davis whose research focuses on Native environmental policy, site protection, and Indigenous climate resilience.
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