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Returning Good Fire to Wiyot Plaza
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Project Description
The Native American Studies Department’s Rou Dalagurr Food Sovereignty Lab and Traditional Ecological Knowledges Institute, Cultural Fire Club, and the NAS Department are leading Returning Good Fire — an Indigenous-led rematriation project restoring cultural burns on California’s North Coast. Guided by cultural fire practitioners and Indigenous students, the project supports habitat restoration, revives culturally significant plants, conserves water, and trains future Indigenous firekeepers. SHIFT will partially fund support for student employment, practitioner council leadership, curriculum development, community workshops, and necessary fire equipment.
Students Involved with Project
Olivia Fox, Interdisciplinary Studies, May 2026