Kiliii Yuyan Photographer

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Left: Yurok weaver Margo Robbins, in her weaving room in Orleans, CA. Margo is weaving the start of a baby basket using hazel branches, which can only be harvested after low-intensity fire management of the forest.

Right: Elizabeth Azzuz, amidst prime hazel shoots in an area that previously underwent a Yurok cultural burn. Azzuz led the cultural burn, which ended right outside her home, as a way to heal the forest of her homeland, which she sees as a way to practice Yurok sovereignty.

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