Federal funding will support Indigenous methods of wildfire fighting.
YORKTON, Sask.—The Canadian federal government recently announced that the Yorkton Tribal Council (YTC) will receive $335,000 to train 35 more wildland firefighters to join their existing crew of 60. Some of the funding will also go for equipment.
The council represents six First Nations in the Yorkton area-the Key, Cote, Keeseekoose, Ocean Man, Zagime, and Kahkawistahaw nations' territory spans roughly 52,000 hectares.
The program is designed to blend modern firefighting techniques with Indigenous cultural burning practices, which will result in low, controlled fires that clear away brush and...
