PUKTEWEI: LEARNING FROM FIRE IN MI’KMA’KI (MI’KMAQ TERRITORY)

• Main Author: Joudry, Shalan
• Other Authors: School for Resource & Environmental Studies, Master of Environmental Studies, n/a, Peter Tyedmers, Tony Walker, Albert Marshall, Karen Beazley, Annamarie Hatcher, Received, Not Applicable
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Mi'kmaq; Mi'kmaw Ecological Knowledge; Fire; Indigenous Research Methodology; Micmac Indians; Canada; Turtle Island; Mi’kmaq; Mi’kmaw
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10222/72599

Throughout history humans have lived with fires on the land. Land fires over Turtle Island (North America) are influenced by climate, lightning, ecology, and cultural uses. Recently, non-Indigenous governments have sought information about wildfires for land management in relation to forestry, publi...