On Matriarch Movement, host Shayla Oulette Stonechild sets out to amplify Indigenous voices from Canada to Turtle Island and beyond. In her interviews, she highlights issues that Indigenous people face while challenging the mainstream narrative surrounding Indigenous identity. By showcasing Indigenous role models with a focus on our matriarchs and two spirit voices, language revitalization, sustainability, and reclamation, Shayla’s mission is to inspire the next seven generations.
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On Matriarch Movement, host Shayla Oulette Stonechild sets out to amplify Indigenous voices from Canada to Turtle Island and beyond. In her interviews, she highlights issues that Indigenous people face while challenging the mainstream narrative surrounding Indigenous identity. By showcasing Indigenous role models with a focus on our matriarchs and two spirit voices, language revitalization, sustainability, and reclamation, Shayla’s mission is to inspire the next seven generations.
Dr. Amy Cardinal Christianson on Reclaiming Indigenous Fire Practices
Matriarch Movement
45 minutes
2 months ago
Dr. Amy Cardinal Christianson on Reclaiming Indigenous Fire Practices
Host Shayla Oulette Stonechild welcomes guest Dr. Amy Cardinal Christianson to discuss the significance of fire in Indigenous culture and its power in reconnecting us to the land amidst climate change. She shares her journey in bridging Indigenous knowledge with Western science and the challenges faced in reclaiming traditional fire practices. They explore the revival of traditional fire stewardship practices, the need for Indigenous leadership in fire management, and the role of matriarchs in these efforts.
More About Dr. Amy Cardinal Christianson and her work:
Dr. Amy Cardinal Christianson is Métis and grew up in Treaty 8 territory (northern Alberta, Canada). Her Métis relations are the Cardinal (Peeaysis Band) and Laboucane (Laboucane Settlement) families. She currently lives near Rocky Mountain House in Treaty 6 (central Alberta). Christianson was formerly a Research Scientist with the Canadian Forest Service (Natural Resources Canada) and an Indigenous Fire Specialist in the National Fire Management Division of Parks Canada. Christianson works with Indigenous Nations across Canada on fire stewardship practices like cultural burning and collaborates with Indigenous peoples from around the world on decolonising land management. She also studies wildfire evacuations and advocates for Indigenous wildland firefighters.
https://www.ilinationhood.ca/team-members/amy-cardinal-christianson
She is the co-author of the books, First Nations Wildfire Evacuations: A guide for communities and external agencies and Blazing the Trail: Celebrating Indigenous Fire Stewardship.
Christianson also cohosts the Good Fire podcast, which looks at Indigenous fire use around the world.
https://thunderbirdcollective.ca/
https://yourforestpodcast.com/good-fire-podcast/2019/9/2/welcome-to-good-fire
https://www.ilinationhood.ca/publications
https://www.youtube.com/@indigenousleadershipinitiative/
https://www.ubcpress.ca/first-nations-wildfire-evacuations
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Matriarch Movement
On Matriarch Movement, host Shayla Oulette Stonechild sets out to amplify Indigenous voices from Canada to Turtle Island and beyond. In her interviews, she highlights issues that Indigenous people face while challenging the mainstream narrative surrounding Indigenous identity. By showcasing Indigenous role models with a focus on our matriarchs and two spirit voices, language revitalization, sustainability, and reclamation, Shayla’s mission is to inspire the next seven generations.
