Agenda: National Indigenous Fire Gathering

September 23-25, 2025 

snpink’tn Traditional Territory 

Travel Day / September 22

3:00 – 4:00 Hotel check-in begins

6:00 – 9:00   Registration in the hotel lobby

Day 1 / September 23

7:00 – 8:30       Registration / Breakfast East Ballroom 

8:30 –10:00 Opening Ceremony Resort Beach

10:30 – 12:00 Syilx Fire Sharing Circle East Ballroom 

12:00 – 1:00 Lunch, East Ballroom

1:00 – 2:00 Welcome from Thunderbird Collective East Ballroom

2:00 – 2:30 Lower Similkameen Indian Band Fire Program East Ballroom

2:30 – 3:00   Break

3:00 – 4:00 Indigenous Fire Stewardship Perspectives from the US East Ballroom

4:00 – 5:00 Indigenous Fire Stewardship Perspectives from Australia East Ballroom

5:30 – 7:00 Supper East Ballroom

Day 2 / September 24

7:00 – 8:30 Breakfast East Ballroom

8:30 Board Buses Front of hotel

9:00 – 5:00 Community and Cultural Tour

6:00 – 10:00 Community Feast and Celebration East Ballroom

Day 3 / September 25

8:00 – 9:00     Breakfast, Victoria Conference Centre, Crystal Garden

8:00 – 9:00 Breakfast East Ballroom

9:00 – 9:15 Nation Building through Indigenous Fire Stewardship East Ballroom

9:15 – 9:30 Info for Pathfinding Sessions East Ballroom

9:30 – 10:30 Pathfinding (A):

  • Shaping the Future of the Thunderbird Collective 1 Solstice Room

  • Cultural Burning 1 Spring Room

  • Wildfire Response 1 Summer Room

  • Forest Restoration Post Fire Autumn Room

10:30 – 11:00  Break

11:00 –12:00 Pathfinding (B)

  • Shaping the Future of the Thunderbird Collective 2 Solstice Room

  • Cultural Burning 2 Spring Room

  • Wildfire Response 2 Summer Room

  • Smoke Autumn Room

12:00 – 1:00 Lunch East Ballroom

1:00 –2:00 Pathfinding (C)

  • Shaping the Future of the Thunderbird Collective’s Grant Program Solstice Room

  • Wildland Firefighter Training 1 Spring Room

  • Evacuations Summer Room

  • Community & Cultural Recovery Post Fire Autumn Room

2:00 – 2:30 Break

2:30 – 3:30 Pathfinding (D)

  • What Do You Want to See on Thunderbird Collective’s Website Solstice Room

  • Fuels Treatments/FireSmart Spring Room

  • Wildland Firefighter Training 2 Summer Room

  • Looking after One Another: Physical, Mental & Spiritual Health Autumn Room

3:45 – 4:30 Gathering the Coals: What We Carry Home East Ballroom