Firefighter Brian Kruger, ignites the deer grasses at the burn site, as they duplicate the Native American tradition at Pinnacles National Monument in Paicines, Ca., on Thursday December 8, 2011. Fire departments from the National Parks Service, Bureau of

Firefighter Brian Kruger, ignites the deer grasses at the burn site, as they duplicate the Native American tradition at Pinnacles National Monument in Paicines, Ca., on Thursday December 8, 2011. Fire departments from the National Parks Service, Bureau of Land Management and CAL Fire assist in the control burn of two acres to help duplicate the Native American tradition of burning the deer grasses vital to the tribe's culture. (Photo By Michael Macor/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)