In the article “Native American Identity” he talks about how we are turning to white ways, he says while we aren't white, we are starting to be more like him. He states that we are getting white-washed in a way, and that we do everyday things like the white people would. People in our generation seem to be getting more and more white washed or more comfortable with it. I think that White privilege had a lot to do with this & that American society is racially stratified.

Horse, Perry G. “Native American Identity”. New Directions For Student Services, no. 109, Spring 2005 © Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

In the article “Quiet Fire” by Page Bruno, the article talks about how we aren't connected with fire like our ancestors. She talks about how her tribe does not practice controlled deliberate burns anymore, and she says that she needs it to make a traditional baby basket. She also talks about how this is related to why we have been having so many bad fires, such as the ones in California. She also explains that on reservations, Indigenous practitioners could also be subject to federal fire restrictions. Also she explains that Native Americans still face persecution and penalty when they try to use fire in line with their traditions, even on public lands where they often hold treaty rights to hunt, fish and gather. She explains that the elders would want this for us.

Buono, Page. “Quiet Fire: Indigenous tribes in California and other parts of the U.S. have been rekindling the ancient art of controlled burning.” The Nature Conservancy. November 02, 2020 . Web. Accessed on October 20, 2021

In this article that I read called “Amid COVID-19 Crisis, Forest Service Faces Burning Questions,” They talk about problems Firefighters have like how Firefighters have to fight fires and Covid-19 which is making it harder for them, and many of them rarely have any firefighters. The article states that they aren’t doing prescribed burns but will continue fire suppression and other activities with guidance from the CDC. In the article it states that it is hard for Firefighters to make proper social distance because they have to work so close to each other, and ride in the same rig, and have a big camp where everyone eats together. Further into the article it talks about how they heed to hire more Firefighters, in the article it quotes, “If more firefighters were hired it could make it possible to have healthy forces in reserve when 20-person crews or 5-person engines have to be quarantined when one crew member tests positive for the virus or if they are exposed while fighting a fire.”

I feel like this article is good for my SHP because it talks about other problems besides wildfires, and how much covid-19 is making it difficult for these Firefighters to do their job while trying to be safe at the same time. I didn’t really think about how this pandemic would affect our firefighters, For my Conversation log, I was thinking about asking my cousin if I could interview her because she is a firefighter and she was working throughout this whole pandemic, and I want to hear what she has to say about this.

Hegyi, Nate and Beckman, Abigail May 14, 2018 “Mountain West News Bureau.” Colorado

Public Radio, Colorado Public Radio, https://www.cpr.org/tag/mountain-west-news-bureau/.

In the video that I found on youtube called “Indigenous communities believed controlled burns could help California with future fire prevention”. It talks about how fire agencies should start learning from the tradition of controlled burns like the native americans used too. In the video they interview someone from the Kumiai tribe, which was one of the first people to be in San diego. In the video they said that some indgienous communities think that in order to prevent these things from happening in the future, they have to look back to the past. Tribal leaders are hoping to help by teaching methods from years ago. Without regular burns , the vegetation had grown thick, and dries out every summer which makes it more likely for controlled burns to get out of hand. In northern California certain tribes have teamed up with the forest service to manage the land.

I think that this Video is very helpful to me because it gives me another point of view from California where the same thing is happening and the same solution comes up. I didn't really know that other tribes were out there trying to get their voice across about Indigenous practices and how useful they can be in the future

“Indigenous communities believed controlled burns could help California with future fire

prevention”. Youtube, Uploaded by CBS 8 San Diego, October 9, 2020

https://youtu.be/Fm_6Yv3ENQs

In the next article that I found called “Controlled Burns” by the Washington Post, It talks about how they are fighting fire with fire. It starts off by saying that fires are usually caused by lightning or carelessness. The article described the In the article they have a picture of smoke and called it “good smoke” because of the way that it was drifting. The article also explains that these controlled burns can help make healthier forests which is good for the earth. The article then explains that this takes place in Montana, at Steely lake which is close to some native lands and tribes living there.The article talks about the Rice Ridge wildfire, which burned over 160,000 acres and damaged about 100 homes from July to September 2017. From then, they had two prescribed burns, One in 2019 and the other in 2021 to stop fires from getting that bad.

I think that this article is very important in the Global connections part of the SHP. I think this because it was the same thing in my community. A fire had broken out damaging our lands and it got really bad. They also had the same solution to this problem after the fire had been contained, which was to have more prescribed burns.I think that a lot more communities have been doing this especially if the fires broke out near a native community.

Lo Bénichou, Shikha Subramaniam. “Wildfires Need Fuel to Burn. A Key Way to Get Rid of That Fuel Is to Set It Ablaze, Very Carefully.” The Washington Post, WP Company, 29 July 2021, https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate- environment/interactive/2021/prescribed-fire/.