Yurok people have been putting fire on the land but for over 100 years, this practice was disrupted by California settlers. FIRE TENDER shares the work of a Yurok knowledge keeper seeking to return practices, and to restore the land and its people. A documentary film by Roni Jo Draper. A presentation of Vision Maker Media.

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