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Forgotten Fires: Native Americans and the Transient Wilderness
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Forgotten Fires: Native Americans and the Transient WildernessForgotten Fires: Native Americans and the Transient Wilderness

A common stereotype about American Indians is that for centuries they lived in static harmony with nature in a pristine wilderness that remained unchanged until European colonization. Omer C. Stewart was one of the first anthropologists to recognize that Native Americans made a significant impact across a wide range of environments. Most important, they regularly used fire to manage plant communities and associated animal species through varied and localized habitat burning.
 
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