Ishkode (Fire)

For generations, Indigenous people managed the landscape with fire. Ishkode (fire) regenerates fire adapted plants and stimulates their growth. By clearing the understory, it opens a forest for living, creates forage to attract game animals, and maintains certain species like blueberries. In the photo galleries, modern people ignite a fire, clearing a meadow to encourage wiingashk (sweetgrass), a culturally important plant for the Anishinaabe.