LUNCHBOX: Good Fire

Every lunchbox comes with homemade soup, salad, bread, and a beverage.

Margo Robbins  and Michelle Hernandez will discuss their organizations' connection to  cultural fire, and how it has cared for the land and sustained culture for millenia. 

Margo Robbins, is the  cofounder and executive Director of the Cultural Fire Management Council and  will talk about how her organization facilitates the practice of cultural burning on the Yurok Reservation and Ancestral lands, leading to a healthier ecosystem for all plants and animals, long term fire protection for residents, and providing a platform that will in turn support the traditional hunting and gathering activities of Yurok.

Michelle Hernandez will share a video and talk about the process of a new multi-media play about cultural fire:  Wusatoumuduk: We Make it Burn. Based on the vision of Wiyot Tribe member and former Cultural Department Director Marnie Atkins this play is about the historical role fire…