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Fitzpatrick, Courtney Julia

My thesis on land stewardship in the Pacific Northwest is that cultural burning is a necessary component of Indigenous sovereignty and environmental reconciliation in a post-contact Pacific Northwest. Cultural burning is an advanced methodology for preventing mass destruction due to out-of-control wildfires. The methodology used to write this thesis includes an analysis of oral history such as the Kootenai story of Beaver Steals Fire and Nsyilxcən language, in combination with digital archival work around BC forestry legislation. I have used a historical approach to engage with critical discourse around Indigenous and environmental rights. This work is for anyone concerned about and affected by wildfires, in addition to those interested in modes of reconciliation. I pursued this research because of the mass destruction of land and resources due to poor forest management, and the direct effects it has had on Indigenous nations who have been deprived of the ability to enact their effective fire-control methodologies.

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University of British Columbia. HIST 499

Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library

10.14288/1.0441994

Arts and Social Sciences, Irving K. Barber Faculty of (Okanagan); History and Sociology, Department of (Okanagan)

Undergraduate

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