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Season 8
Episode 7
About the Episode
Yurok people have been putting fire on the land since time immemorial...but this practice has been disrupted by California settlers. Catastrophic fires in the West, however, has policymakers rethinking their commitment to fire suppression. FIRE TENDER shares the work of Margo Robbins, a Yurok knowledge keeper, seeking to return practices to Yurok territory, and to restore the land and its people.
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Extras
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Silence in Sikeston | Trailer
How a lynching and police killing 78 years apart haunt the rural community of Sikeston, Missouri.1:17 -
Segregation Scholarships | Traveling North from Jim Crow South
Traveling by train, Black Americans had to endure second-class citizen accommodations and attitudes.1:28 -
Segregation Scholarships | Trailer
Black Americans forced to go North for advanced degrees return home to fight Jim Crow in the South.1:16 -
Segregation Scholarships | Preview
Black Americans forced to go North for advanced degrees return home to fight Jim Crow in the South.0:30 -
Silence in Sikeston | Preview
How a lynching and police killing 78 years apart haunt the rural community of Sikeston, Missouri.0:30 -
Against the Current: Life on the Eastern Shore | Oysters
Aquafarmer Kellen Singleton loves oysters. But warming waters are challenging their future.0:59 -
Against the Current: Life on the Eastern Shore | Organic Farming
Thelonius Cook shares his worries over organic farming and climate change on the Eastern Shore.0:58 -
American Problems, Trans Solutions | The Meaning of Home
What does home mean to you? Kayla Gore talks about My Sistah's House and hopes for its legacy.0:47 -
American Problems, Trans Solutions | Believing in You
"If you can see it, you can be it." Breonna McCree talks about the one person who believed in her.0:55 -
American Problems, Trans Solutions | Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant Project
How did the Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant Project get its start?0:25
