Canada’s wildfire season is taking a heavy toll on First Nations

Published on August 11, 2026
Thousands have been displaced as Indigenous leaders raise concerns about firefighting resources, emergency aid, and evacuation decisions.
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Biocultural families: Study centers Indigenous priorities in connections to environment

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Washington State University horticulturist Jeffrey Wall partnered with members of the Mi'kmaq First Nations people of Canada to create a new, Indigenous-centered model of the connections that link humans ...

First Nations advocate finds lack of coordinated response to B.C.’s raging wildfires ‘gobsmacking’

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Cindy Blackstock said the lack of coordination on B.C wildfires was "gobsmacking." She recently helped her brother evacuate near Cache Creek.