Braiding Sweetgrass.
Kimmerer, Robin Wall,
Braiding Sweetgrass. Braiding sweetgrass : indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge and the teachings of plants - First edition. - x, 390 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-388).
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.
As a botanist and professor of plant ecology, the author 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 the Americas, consider plants and animals to be our oldest teachers. In this book, she brings these two lenses of knowing together to reveal what it means to see humans as "the younger brothers of creation." As she explores these themes, she circles toward a central argument: the awakening of a wider ecological consciousness requires the acknowledgement and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the world. Once we begin to listen for the languages of other beings, we can begin to understand the innumerable life-giving gifts the world provides us and learn to offer our thanks, our care, and our own gifts in return. -- Description from back cover.
1571313354 9781571313355 1571313567 9781571313560
Pgw, C/O Perseus Distribution 1094 Flex Dr, Jackson, TN, USA, 38301 SAN 631-760X
2013012563
GBB372090 bnb GBB539566 bnb
016473075 Uk 017124655 Uk
Kimmerer, Robin Wall.
Kimmerer, Robin Wall.
Indigenous peoples philosophy--North America.
Ethnoecology.
Philosophy of nature.
Human ecology--Philosophy.
Nature--Effect of human beings on.
Human-plant relationships.
Botany--Philosophy.
Potawatomi Nation--Biography.
Potawatomi Nation--Social life and customs.
Indigenous peoples of North America.
Philosophy.
Botany.
Nature--Essays.
Nature--Plants--General.
Science--Life Sciences--Botany.
Philosophy
Botany
SCIENCE--Life Sciences--Botany.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Ethnic Studies--Native American Studies.
NATURE--Essays.
NATURE--Plants--General.
Botany--Philosophy.
Human ecology--Philosophy.
Human-plant relationships.
Ethnoecology.
Nature--Effect of human beings on.
Philosophy of nature.
Native peoples--Ecology.
Autobiography
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Autobiographies.
Autobiographies.
E98.P5 / .K56 2013
305.897
E98.P5 / K56 2013
E98.P5 / K49b 2013
Braiding Sweetgrass. Braiding sweetgrass : indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge and the teachings of plants - First edition. - x, 390 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-388).
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.
As a botanist and professor of plant ecology, the author 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 the Americas, consider plants and animals to be our oldest teachers. In this book, she brings these two lenses of knowing together to reveal what it means to see humans as "the younger brothers of creation." As she explores these themes, she circles toward a central argument: the awakening of a wider ecological consciousness requires the acknowledgement and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the world. Once we begin to listen for the languages of other beings, we can begin to understand the innumerable life-giving gifts the world provides us and learn to offer our thanks, our care, and our own gifts in return. -- Description from back cover.
1571313354 9781571313355 1571313567 9781571313560
Pgw, C/O Perseus Distribution 1094 Flex Dr, Jackson, TN, USA, 38301 SAN 631-760X
2013012563
GBB372090 bnb GBB539566 bnb
016473075 Uk 017124655 Uk
Kimmerer, Robin Wall.
Kimmerer, Robin Wall.
Indigenous peoples philosophy--North America.
Ethnoecology.
Philosophy of nature.
Human ecology--Philosophy.
Nature--Effect of human beings on.
Human-plant relationships.
Botany--Philosophy.
Potawatomi Nation--Biography.
Potawatomi Nation--Social life and customs.
Indigenous peoples of North America.
Philosophy.
Botany.
Nature--Essays.
Nature--Plants--General.
Science--Life Sciences--Botany.
Philosophy
Botany
SCIENCE--Life Sciences--Botany.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Ethnic Studies--Native American Studies.
NATURE--Essays.
NATURE--Plants--General.
Botany--Philosophy.
Human ecology--Philosophy.
Human-plant relationships.
Ethnoecology.
Nature--Effect of human beings on.
Philosophy of nature.
Native peoples--Ecology.
Autobiography
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Autobiographies.
Autobiographies.
E98.P5 / .K56 2013
305.897
E98.P5 / K56 2013
E98.P5 / K49b 2013