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Braiding sweetgrass : Indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the teachings of plants / Robin Wall Kimmerer.
"As a leading researcher in the field of biology, Robin Wall Kimmerer understands the delicate state of our world. But as an active member of the Potawatomi nation, she senses and relates to the world through a way of knowing far older than any science. In Braiding Sweetgrass, she intertwines these two modes of awareness--the analytic and the emotional, the scientific and the cultural--to ultimately reveal a path toward healing the rift that grows between people and nature. The woven essays that construct this book bring people back into conversation with all that is green and growing; a universe that never stopped speaking to us, even when we forgot how to listen."-- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9781571313560 (paperback) :
- Physical Description: x, 390 pages ; 22 cm.
- Edition: First paperback edition.
- Publisher: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Milkweed Editions, 2013.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-388). |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Planting Sweetgrass -- Skywoman Falling -- The Pecan Grove -- An Offering -- The Gift of Strawberries -- Asters and Goldenrod -- Learning the Grammar of Animacy -- Tending Sweetgrass -- Maple Sugar Moon -- Witch Hazel -- The Water Net -- The Condolence 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 bellybutton of the World -- Old Growth Children -- Witness to the Rain -- Burning Sweetgrass -- Windigo Footprints -- The Sacred and the Superfund -- Collateral Damage -- People of Corn, People of Light -- Shkitagen : People of the Seventh Fire -- Defeating Windigo -- Epilogue: Returning the Gift. |
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| Valemount Public Library | anf 305.897 kim (Text) | 35194014359491 | Adult non-fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Creston Public Library | 305.897 KIM (Text)
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| Fort St. John Public Library | 581.63 KIM (Text) | 35211000527517 | ADULT Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Hazelton Public Library | 305.89 Kim (Text) | 35154000129407 | Adult Non-Fiction - Main Floor | Volume hold | Available | - |
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| Vanderhoof Public Library | 305.897 KIM MJC (Text) | 35193000335333 | Mary John Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
"As a leading researcher in the field of biology, Robin Wall Kimmerer understands the delicate state of our world. But as an active member of the Potawatomi nation, she senses and relates to the world through a way of knowing far older than any science. In Braiding Sweetgrass, she intertwines these two modes of awareness--the analytic and the emotional, the scientific and the cultural--to ultimately reveal a path toward healing the rift that grows between people and nature. The woven essays that construct this book bring people back into conversation with all that is green and growing; a universe that never stopped speaking to us, even when we forgot how to listen"-- - Baker & Taylor
Explains how developing a wider ecological consciousness can foster an increased understanding of both nature's generosity and the reciprocal relationship humans have with the natural world. - Perseus Publishing
âI give daily thanks for Robin Wall Kimmerer for being a font of endless knowledge, both mental and spiritual.â âRICHARD POWERS, NEW YORK TIMES - Perseus Publishing
A New York Times Bestseller
A Washington Post Bestseller
Named a "Best Essay Collection of the Decade" by Literary Hub
As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these two lenses of knowledge together to take us on âa journey that is every bit as mythic as it is scientific, as sacred as it is historical, as clever as it is wiseâ (Elizabeth Gilbert).
Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, and as a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beingsâasters and goldenrod, strawberries and squash, salamanders, algae, and sweetgrassâoffer us gifts and lessons, even if we've forgotten how to hear their voices. In 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 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.A New York Times 100 Best Books of the 21st Century Readers PickÂ
#1 New York Times Bestseller
A Washington Post and Los Angeles Times Bestseller
As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these two lenses of knowledge together to take us on "a journey that is every bit as mythic as it is scientific, as sacred as it is historical, as clever as it is wise" (Elizabeth Gilbert).
Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, and as a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beingsâasters and goldenrod, strawberries and squash, salamanders, algae, and sweetgrassâoffer us gifts and lessons, even if we've forgotten how to hear their voices. In 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 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.
