Kainai Nation ignites the first Indigenous fire guardians program in Canada – The Narwhal
June 12, 2025
A new partnership with Natural Resources Canada recognizes the importance of cultural burns in restoring the land
The land just outside the powwow arbour is filled with overgrown prairie grasses, patches of invasive plants and soil along the riverbank that is just beginning to erode.
It’s here that members of the Blood Tribe, also known as the Kainai Nation, are looking to restore the land in the traditional way, for the first time in decades: by embracing fire.
Supported by the Kainai fire department, Waterton Lakes National Park and members of Blackfeet fire management in Montana, fire has come back to the land not to destroy, but to heal.
Read More: https://thenarwhal.ca/kainai-fire-guardians/
