10/12/2026
At FUSEE, we are committed to advancing Tribal rights and traditional ecological knowledge. Since time immemorial, the Indigenous people of Turtle Island have tended the Earth with fire. Cultural burning is still practiced around the world today, using low-intensity fire to intentionally connect with other-than-human relatives, connect with each other through tradition, and heal the land.
Cultural burning is about reciprocity. The land and other-than-human relations on the land take care of the people, and in return the people take care of the land. Indigenous communities have an inherent right to tend to the land and their other-than-human relationships. Yet, they continuously face legal restrictions and state suppression of their right to burn.
Land back means fire back. Indigenous communities deserve to have their right to practice fire stewardship respected. It's time to decolonize fire management by acknowledging the harm of this suppression of Tribal rights and reinstating cultural fire as an integral, Indigenous-led part of land stewardship.
For non-Indigenous fire practitioners, land stewards, and advocates, that means getting educated about traditional ecological knowledge, checking internal biases, and standing firmly alongside Tribes and Inter-Tribal organizations in their fight to reinstate traditional stewardship practices.
Comment "Fire Back" to receive an abridged resource list to learn more about cultural fire and practicing solidarity.
