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Federal and state officials turned toward “’indigenous knowledge,” also known as “traditional ecological knowledge,” to help California better prepare for wildfires prior to the recent blazes in Los Angeles County, spending millions of dollars in the process.
Since then, the NSF has approved roughly half a million dollars in grant funding tailored toward implementing indigenous knowledge into wildfire preparedness plans in California. One suchsought to create a “fire plan” by “interconnecting knowledge systems to advance the science and application of fire in ways that respect tribal sovereignty.
“ links back to the tribal philosophy of fire as medicine,” a 2021 academic paper reads. “When you prescribe it, you’re getting the right dose to maintain the abundance of productivity of all ecosystem services to support the ecology in your culture.
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