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001 2013012563
003 DLC
005 20140410094004.0
008 130618s2013 mnu b 000 0deng
010 $a 2013012563
020 $a9781571313355 (hardback : alkaline paper)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aE98.P5$bK56 2013
082 00 $a305.897$223
084 $aSCI011000$aSOC021000$aNAT024000$aNAT026000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aKimmerer, Robin Wall.
245 10 $aBraiding sweetgrass /$cRobin Wall Kimmerer.
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1 $aMinneapolis, Minnesota :$bMilkweed Editions,$c2013.
300 $ax, 390 pages ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 2 $a"An inspired weaving of indigenous knowledge, plant science, and personal narrative from a distinguished professor of science and a Native American whose previous book, Gathering Moss, was awarded the John Burroughs Medal for outstanding nature writing. As a botanist and professor of plant ecology, Robin Wall Kimmerer has spent a career learning how to ask questions of nature using the tools of science. As a Potawatomi woman, she learned from elders, family, and history that the Potawatomi, as well as a majority of other cultures indigenous to this land, consider plants and animals to be our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these two lenses of knowing together to reveal what it means to see humans as "the younger brothers of creation." As she explores these themes she circles toward a central argument: the awakening of a wider ecological consciousness requires the acknowledgement and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the world. Once we begin to listen for the languages of other beings, we can begin to understand the innumerable life-giving gifts the world provides us and learn to offer our thanks, our care, and our own gifts in return"--$cProvided by publisher.
520 2 $a"As a leading researcher in the field of biology, Robin Wall Kimmerer understands the delicate state of our world. But as an active member of the Potawatomi nation, she senses and relates to the world through a way of knowing far older than any science. In Braiding Sweetgrass, she intertwines these two modes of awareness--the analytic and the emotional, the scientific and the cultural--to ultimately reveal a path toward healing the rift that grows between people and nature. The woven essays that construct this book bring people back into conversation with all that is green and growing; a universe that never stopped speaking to us, even when we forgot how to listen"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 387-388).
505 0 $aPlanting 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 adamage -- Shkitagen: People of the Seventh Fire -- Defeating Windigo -- Epilogue: Returning the Gift.
650 0 $aIndian philosophy.
650 0 $aIndigenous peoples$xEcology.
650 0 $aPhilosophy of nature.
650 0 $aHuman ecology$xPhilosophy.
650 0 $aNature$xEffect of human beings on.
650 0 $aHuman-plant relationships.
650 0 $aBotany$xPhilosophy.
600 10 $aKimmerer, Robin Wall.
650 0 $aPotawatomi Indians$vBiography.
650 0 $aPotawatomi Indians$xSocial life and customs.
650 7 $aSCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aNATURE / Essays.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aNATURE / Plants / General.$2bisacsh