The Fire in Our Hearts

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The Fire in Our Hearts

A community’s fight for land, truth, and autonomy.

On British Columbia’s remote Southside, wildfire is not an abstract threat—it is a lived reality. As flames close in on a frontier community, the Cheslatta Carrier Nation and their neighbours face an impossible choice: evacuate, or stay to protect the land that defines them. With limited access and little outside support, the community responds collectively, drawing on Indigenous leadership, cooperation, and generations of knowledge to confront the fire in near isolation. In the aftermath, the burn reveals a long-erased Cheslatta village site, resurfacing a suppressed history just as their response gains wider attention as a model for resilience. But when the flames recede, new constraints emerge—raising questions about the limits of community-led action, and the fragile balance between survival, autonomy, and authority.

Duration

1h 33m

Status

Released

Score

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#climate-change#environmental#landgrabbing#wildfire#environmental-catastrophe#mass-evacuation#indigenous-rights#mutual-aid#cheslatta-carrier-nation#cultural-erasure

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Stewart Alcock

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Cole Bender

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Brad Blackwel

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Gary Blackwell

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Joanne Brown

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Hazel Burt

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John Casimet

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Ryan Chapman

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Walt Cravey

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David Eby

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