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Bringing 'Good Fire' Back to the Land

Summary by Reasons to Be Cheerful
Maidu fire practitioner Danny Manning twirls a traditional fire stick made from an elderberry plant between his hands, rubbing it against a fire board until the first ember forms. He kindles it with a cottonwood bundle and gently blows on it until it turns into a flame. “That’s how you start a fire,” tribal matriarch Diana Almendariz exclaims with a satisfied grin. “No lighter, no nothing.”  The Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation has recently revived its …
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Reasons to be Cheerful broke the news in on Thursday, April 10, 2025.
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