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Native America Calling: First Nations and Métis residents flee dangerous fires
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
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First Nations and Métis residents flee dangerous fires
In what is becoming an annual occurrence, numerous fires across at least three Canadian provinces are putting Indigenous nations residents at risk.

The 3,000 citizens of the Mathias Colomb Cree Nation are affected by evacuations because of the fires. They are among the estimated 30,000 people forced to flee from some 200 wildfires across Manitoba, Ontario and Saskatchewan.

Many, like the Sandy Lake First Nation, had to be airlifted to safety. At one point, workers took refuge against the smoke and flames for several hours in a shipping container. Smoke from the fires are also degrading air quality in northern U.S. states.

Join Native America Calling find out what is on the minds of Indigenous people affected by the fires and what long term solutions might be in store.

NOAA Video: Tracking wildfires in Canada

Guests on Native America Calling
Tyson Wesley (Kashechewan Cree Nation), CEO of Creemergency, an Indigenous-owned emergency management company in Ontario

Dr. Amy Cardinal Christianson (Métis), senior fire advisor for Indigenous Leadership Initiative and board member of the International Association of Wildland Fire

Jimmy Côté, president of Creemergency in Ontario

APTN News: Manitoba asks people to reconsider non-essential hotel plans to make room for evacuees

APTN News: Two people charged with arson, accused of deliberately setting fires in Saskatchewan

Wildfires in Canada
Satellite imagery shows wildfires burning in Canada. Image: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC

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