The Slater Fire was the Product of Settler Colonialism

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Summary: 
A thesis presented by William J. Curtis to California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt Master for fulfillment of a Master of Arts in Social Science: Environment and Community.
Description: 

"The Slater Fire of 2020 burned in Karuk aboriginal territory overseen by the Klamath National Forest. It burned over 200 homes to the ground and ravage over 100,000 acres of forest. This thesis argues that state-enforced fire suppression policies and methods are tools of settler-colonial erasure and the continuation of genocidal violence towards Karuk people. It analyzes the conflict between interests of the colonial state on one side and Indigenous resistance and survival on the other." 

People: 
McCovey, Kathy, Borque, Shawn, Curtis, William J., Reed; Kaitlin
Protocol: 
Public (Karuk)
Community: 
Karuk Tribe
Category: 
History, Land and Water Management Practices, Agriculture, Landscape, Law Policy and Justice, Natural Resources
Keywords: 
fire history, fire, fire management, wildfire; Karuk Aboriginal Territory, history, mismanagement, environmental destruction, Athithúfvuunupma / Happy Camp
Original Date: 
2022 May
Contributor: 
Curtis, William J.
Language: 
English
Rights: 
Held in the archives of California Polytechnic State university, Humboldt on behalf of the College of Natural Resources and Sciences.
Licensing Options: 
Creative Commons License

Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Source: 
Humboldt Digital Commons
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Publisher: 
California Polytechnic State University, Humboldt
Format: 
Thesis/Dissertation