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Summary:

Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, a mother, and a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beingsasters and goldenrod, strawberries and squash, salamanders, algae, and sweetgrassoffer us gifts and lessons, even if weve forgotten how to hear their voices. In a rich braid of reflections that range from the creation of Turtle Island to the forces that threaten its flourishing today, she circles toward a central argument: that the awakening of a wider ecological consciousness requires the acknowledgment and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the rest of the living world. For only when we can hear the languages of other beings will we be capable of understanding the generosity of the earth, and learn to give our own gifts in return.

Table of Contents:

• Planting sweetgrass
• Tending sweetgrass
• Picking sweetgrass
• Braiding sweetgrass
• Burning sweetgrass
• Epilogue : returning the gift.

Author/Creator:

Kimmerer, Robin Wall , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Braiding sweetgrass: indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge and the teachings of plants [by Kimmerer, R.W.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Braiding sweetgrass : indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge and the teachings of plants [by Kimmerer, R.W.] (Minneapolis, Minnesota : Milkweed Editions, 2013; x, 390 pages ; 23 cm. — ISBN 9781571313355; LCCN 2013012563; OCLC Number 829743464)

Subjects:

Kimmerer, Robin Wall

Indian philosophy

Ethnoecology

Philosophy of nature

Human ecology — Philosophy

Nature — Effect of human beings on

Human-plant relationships

Botany — Philosophy

Potawatomi Indians — Biography

Potawatomi Indians — Social life and customs

Human ecology

Nature

Botany

Potawatomi Indians

Genres:

Biographies

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-388).
Description based on: Print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (405 pages)

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

E98.P5 K56 2013eb

ISBNs:

9781571318718 (electronic bk.)
1571318712 (electronic bk.)
1306435528 (electronic bk.)
9781306435529 (electronic bk.)
9781571313355 [Invalid]
1571313354 [Invalid]
9781571313560 [Invalid]
1571313567 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

868925013