A Basket Weaver's Story: Verna Reece (Season 1, Episode 1)

Intentional Fire: Karuk Tribe/SWCASC

Join Vikki Preston (Karuk Department of Natural Resources) and Anna Malka Murveit (University of Arizona/Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center) as they interview Karuk master basket weaver Verna Reece. Verna is a gracious and powerful basket weaver, teacher, and advocate for Indigenous led burning practices. Listen in on an Indigenous weaver’s story as she struggles against barriers placed through colonization and mismanagement of the land. The sharing and community weaving build is important to the foundation of burning, stay tuned for more episodes and stories behind intentional burning with traditional practitioners and their connections and advocacy for fire.