In the central interior of what is now known as British Columbia , 2017 was an especially severe wildfire season, with over 1.3 million hectares of land burned and 65,000 people displaced . The unceded and ancestral lands of the Tsilhqot'in, Dakelh and Secwepemc were impacted by two of the largest fires . Communities affected by the BC wildfires subsequently started indigenous gardens closer to home, to protect medicine and food plants and thereby sustaining relationships with these plants, the land and the community . As there are cultural teachings for fire to cleanse the territory and the land, community members and plants previously isolated became better connected because of the wildfires. The regrowth of plants is part of the healing relationship between plants, people and other animals . The wildfires were seen as events to catalyse action and emphasise the importance of relationships to support foodways and gardening as responsibility.
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