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Can We Conquer Fire?

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Fire Effects in the Environment

The way humans interact with fire has also changed significantly over the last couple of centuries. Frank refers to these indigenous communities as fire dependent cultures, because they ly needed fire to support the plants they used for food, medicine and tools. When europeans started taking control of land in the americas, one of the first rules at one into place by the governor was to suppress indian burning. And it probably won't surprise you to hear that these policies were also tied to racism.

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