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Title:

Muskrats to Moose: Braiding Cultural Burning and Western Fire Management

Agreement Number:

FIRENFC-25

Agreement Value:

$140,925.00

Agreement Date:

Aug 13, 2021 - Mar 31, 2023

Description:

The objective of the Project is to renew the understanding of fire on the land by developing a technical guide (aka toolkit) that is timely, relevant, reader friendly, accessible, and culturally-congruent - articulating current and wise practices and related resources on various dimensions of cultural burning and corresponding habitat restoration for Indigenous Peoples and wildlife, particularly in northern Saskatchewan (e.g., Saskatchewan River Delta). The braiding of Indigenous knowledge and non-Indigenous knowledge from validated sources facilitates Indigenous voices in policy development and transformation.

Organization:

Natural Resources Canada

Expected Results:

This Project supports Indigenous-informed resources to support Indigenous Peoples and communities (First Nations and Métis), cultural practices related to fire, informs emergency management from Indigenous perspectives, and recognizes Indigenous ways of knowing and collaborations on wildfire management. This Project supports co-developing an Indigenous-informed toolkit guided by the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) Calls to Action, which serve as a reconciliation framework. This Project will provide guiding principles for Indigenous cultural burning and related habitat restoration practices from a holistic perspective, includes ecological, spiritual-cultural, and economic elements.

Location:

NORTH SAANICH, British Columbia, CA V8L 3Z3

Reference Number:

115-2021-2022-Q2-11111

Agreement Type:

Contribution

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Type:

Aboriginal recipient

Additional Information:

Grant or contribution awarded and spanning more than one fiscal year.

Recipient's Operating Name:

Turtle Island Consultant Services Inc.

Recipient's Legal Name:

TURTLE ISLAND CONSULTING SERVICES INC.

Program:

Wildland Fire Resilience

Program Purpose:

The purpose is to increase the resiliency of Canadian communities to the risks and impacts of natural disasters, and to undertake and implement risk reduction analyses and actions. To ensure that wildfire response agencies are integrated with each other in order to implement an effective wildland fire response program, and, to increase the wildfire knowledge of agencies, communities and individuals, in order to create a culture of wildfire safety and to empower the public to understand risk.