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Braiding sweetgrass : indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge and the teachings of plants

Summary: 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.

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  • ISBN: 9781571313355
  • ISBN: 1571318712
  • ISBN: 9781571318718
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (405 pages)
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  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Milkweed Editions, 2013.

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General Note:
Multi-User.
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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:
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Subject: Potawatomi Indians -- Social life and customs
Human ecology -- Philosophy
Indigenous peoples -- Ecology
Human-plant relationships
Nature -- Effect of human beings on
Potawatomi Indians -- Social life and customs
Indian philosophy
Indigenous peoples -- Ecology
Botany -- Philosophy
Nature -- Effect of human beings on
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies
Potawatomi Indians
Philosophy of nature
Philosophy of nature
Botany -- Philosophy
Indian philosophy
Human ecology -- Philosophy
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations
Potawatomi Indians -- Biography
Human-plant relationships
Kimmerer, Robin Wall
Kimmerer, Robin Wall
Genre: Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Biography.

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