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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 ecology, Robin Wall Kimmerer has spent a career learning how to ask questions of nature using the tools of science. As a Potawatomi woman, she learned from elders, family, and history that the Potawatomi, as well as a majority of other cultures indigenous to this land, consider plants and animals to be our ol.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781571318718
- ISBN: 1571318712
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (405 pages)
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Milkweed Editions, 2013.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Multi-User. AC-SUB CatMonthString:june.16 |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-388). |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Planting sweetgrass -- Tending sweetgrass -- Picking sweetgrass -- Braiding sweetgrass -- Burning sweetgrass -- Epilogue : returning the gift. |
| Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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