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Preview: Season 8 Episode 7 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
A Yurok knowledge keeper seeks to return fire practices, and restore land and people.
Yurok people have been putting fire on the land since time immemorial...but this practice has been disrupted by California settlers. Catastrophic fires in the West, however, has policymakers rethinking their commitment to fire suppression. FIRE TENDER shares the work of Margo Robbins, a Yurok knowledge keeper, seeking to return practices to Yurok territory, and to restore the land and its people.
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Fire Tender | Preview
Preview: Season 8 Episode 7 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Yurok people have been putting fire on the land since time immemorial...but this practice has been disrupted by California settlers. Catastrophic fires in the West, however, has policymakers rethinking their commitment to fire suppression. FIRE TENDER shares the work of Margo Robbins, a Yurok knowledge keeper, seeking to return practices to Yurok territory, and to restore the land and its people.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship(MARGO singing in Yurok language TINA MCDUFFIE: For generations, the Yurok people have brought fire to the land.
MARGO: Fire is medicine for the but in my lifetime it's been outlawed.
TINA: Margo Robbins is fighting to restore this ancient tradition.
MARGO: We are part of nature.
It will take care of us but we, in turn, need to take care of it.
TINA: Fire Tender on Local, USA.
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