As the North Shore climate changes, an understanding of the boreal forest we call home and wildfire has never felt like a hotter issue. North House Folk School is pleased to welcome environmental scientist and resource manager Ferin Davis Anderson to discuss her book Wildfire: The Culture, Science, and Future of Fire, exploring the long relationship Indigenous people have had with fire, the ecological importance of burns, and a reflection on fire’s regenerative and important benefits and destructive capabilities alike.

Ferin is an enrolled citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa/Ojibwe/Anishinaabe/Mitchifs in North Dakota. Ferin is responsible for stewarding and restoring natural areas for the Shakopee Mdewakaton Sioux Community’s Natural Resources Department. She works to weave Indigenous knowledge and western science to practice holistic land stewardship. 

This talk is part of North House's Northern Landscapes Festival, and is free and open to all in the Blue Building.