Researcher ORCID Identifier
0009-0009-0433-620X
Graduation Year
2025
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Environmental Analysis
Reader 1
Char Miller
Reader 2
Aimee Bahng
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Abstract
In my thesis, I examine how various forms of news media from the 1900s to present day in Ohlone territory have framed a particular hegemonic ideology around fire that matches early colonial journal entries – an ideology that is fueled by fear, sensationalism, and exclusion and directly commits violence against the Ohlone people. I investigate this time period because this is when modern news corporations, like The New York Times, rose into prominence. Specifically, I question how media representations of fire inform regulations over controlled burns; what are the similarities in discourse between media framing and policy? What tactics are utilized to form exclusionary narratives with militaristic undertones? How is the slow coverage of fires indicative of slow violence? How is the complexity of fire flattened and how is this connected to settler colonialism schemes? My work also heavily draws on my experiences as a media creator for the Costanoan Rumsen Carmel Tribe over the past two years.
Recommended Citation
Coyne, Carolyn, "Huchum: The Legacy of Fire Suppression, Indigenous Land Management, and Media Representation" (2025). Pomona Senior Theses. 337.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/pomona_theses/337
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