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010			_a2013012563
020			_a9781571313560
020			_a9781571313355
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035			_a(OCoLC)829743464
040			_cx
050	0	0	_aE98.P5 _bK56 2013
082	0	0	_a305.597 _223
100	1		_aKimmerer, Robin Wall, _eauthor
245	1	0	_aBraiding sweetgrass : _bindigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge and the teachings of plants / _cRobin Wall Kimmerer
250			_aFirst edition
264		1	_aMinneapolis, Minnesota : _bMilkweed Editions, _c2013
300			_ax, 390 pages ; _c23 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_aSubtitle from dust jacket
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 387-388)
505	0		_aPlanting sweetgrass -- Tending sweetgrass -- Picking sweetgrass -- Braiding sweetgrass -- Burning sweetgrass -- Epilogue : returning the gift
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
600	1	0	_aKimmerer, Robin Wall
650		0	_aIndian philosophy
650		0	_aEthnoecology
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
650		0	_aPotawatomi Indians _vBiography
650		0	_aPotawatomi Indians _xSocial life and customs
655		7	_aBiographies. _2lcgft
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942			_2ddc _cBOOK
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