First Nations' Prescribed Burning in British Columbia

Authors

  • John Parminter Independent scholar

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22230/jem.2023v23n1a615

Keywords:

First Nations, Cultural Burning

Abstract

The Indigenous peoples of British Columbia (BC) have a long and deep tradition of cultural burning. It was an important component of many of BC’s ecosystems until colonial authorities systematically discouraged the practice from the 1870s onwards. Eventually the beneficial role of fire was recognized, particularly in dry interior (NDT 4) ecosystems. To help validate those traditional practices, this article draws on settler and Indigenous accounts of First Nations cultural burning in BC.

 

 

Author Biography

John Parminter, Independent scholar

John Parminter studied forestry at UBC in the 1970s and was a fire ecologist with the BC Forest Service for 30 years. Now retired, he writes about fire history and ecology. John co-founded the Forest History Association of BC and the BC Chapter of the Society for Ecological Restoration.

 

 

 

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Published

2023-11-06

Issue

Vol. 23 No. 1 (2023)

Section

Perspectives

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