Braiding sweetgrass : indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the teachings of plants / Robin Wall Kimmerer.

"An inspired weaving of indigenous knowledge, plant science, and personal narrative from a distinguished professor of science and a Native American whose previous book, Gathering Moss, was awarded the John Burroughs Medal for outstanding nature writing. As a botanist and professor of plant ecol...

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Main Author: Kimmerer, Robin Wall (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Milkweed Editions, 2013.
Edition:First edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Planting Sweetgrass
  • Skywoman Falling
  • The Council of Pecans
  • The Gift of Strawberries
  • An Offering
  • Asters and Goldenrod
  • Learning the Grammar of Animacy
  • Tending Sweetgrass
  • Maple Sugar Moon
  • Witch Hazel
  • A Mother's Work
  • The Consolation of Water Lilies
  • Allegiance to Gratitude
  • Picking Sweetgrass
  • Epiphany in the Beans
  • The Three Sisters
  • Wisgaak Gokpenagen: a Black Ash basket
  • Mishkos Kenomagwen : The Teachings of Grass
  • Maple Nation: A Citizenship Guide
  • The Honorable Harvest
  • Braiding Sweetgrass
  • In the Footsteps of Nanabozho: Becoming Indigenous to Place
  • The Sound of Silverbells
  • Sitting in a Circle
  • Burning Cascade Head
  • Putting Down Roots
  • Umbilicaria: The belly Button of the World
  • Old-Growth Children
  • Witness to the Rain
  • Burning Sweetgrass
  • Windigo Footprints
  • The Sacred and the Superfund
  • People of Corn, People of Light
  • Collateral damage
  • Shkitagen: People of the Seventh Fire
  • Defeating Windigo
  • Epilogue: Returning the Gift.