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  2. Native American use of fire in ecosystems - Wikipedia

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    Forgotten Fires: Native Americans and the Transient Wilderness. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press. 364 pages. Vale, Thomas R. (ed.). 2002. Fire, Native Peoples, and the Natural Landscape. Washington, DC: Island Press. An interesting set of articles that generally depict landscape changes as natural events rather that Indian caused.

  3. Pump drill - Wikipedia

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    Native American drilling turquoise with a pump drill. [2] To use, the shaft is first turned by hand so that the cord wraps around the top part, as much as possible, and the board is as the highest position. A smooth downward pressure is exerted on the board, causing the shaft to rapidly spin. Once the bottom is reached, the pressure is relieved.

  4. Indian Mills, New Jersey - Wikipedia

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    Indian Mills, formerly known as Brotherton, is an unincorporated community located within Shamong Township in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [2] It was the site of Brotherton Indian Reservation, the only Indian reservation in New Jersey and the first in America, founded for the Lenni Lenape tribe, some of whom were native to New Jersey's Washington Valley.

  5. Fighting fire with fire: Native American burning practices ...

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    Fire started by lightning has always been a part of the natural life cycle in the Western U.S., and for centuries Native Americans also carried out controlled burns, referred to as cultural burns ...

  6. History of wildfire suppression in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Grass Fire (1908) by Frederic Remington depicts Native American men setting fire to a grassy plain. Native American use of fire in ecosystems are part of the environmental cycles and maintenance of wildlife habitats that sustain the cultures and economies of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas. Indigenous peoples have used burning ...

  7. Rancocas, New Jersey - Wikipedia

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    Rancocas is an unincorporated community located within Westampton Township in Burlington County, New Jersey. [2] The name derives from the Native American [clarification needed] word Rankokous, which was used in the name of the Powhatan Lenape Nation Indian Reservation located in Westampton Township.