North House Folk School

Ferin Davis Anderson is the co-author of Wildfire: The Culture, Science, and Future of Fire. A book exploring the science of wildfires, the history of fire in the United States, and the relationship Indigenous people have with fire. Ferin is an enrolled citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa/Ojibwe/Anishinaabe/Mitchifs in North Dakota. Ferin is responsible for stewarding and restoring natural areas for the Shakopee Mdewakaton Sioux Community’s Natural Resources Department. She works to weave Indigenous knowledge and western science to practice holistic land stewardship. This includes using fire as an ecological and cultural tool to achieve beneficial and healing outcomes. Witnessing Indigenous people revitalize and reconnect with this practice has been one of the greatest gifts of her career. Ferin was also part of a team that helped bring bison back to the SMSC – a relative that will help the Community connect with the land and their culture.