"I could hand you a braid of sweetgrass, as thick and shining as the plait that hung down my grandmother's back. But it is not mine to give, nor yours to take. Wiingaashk belongs to herself"
So I offer, in its place, a braid of stories meant to heal our relationship to the world.
Robin Wall Kimmerer is a mother, scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She is the author of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants and Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses. She lives in Syracuse, New York, where she is a SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Environmental Biology, and the founder and director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment.
Tools, Tutorials and Useful Resources
My list of the best writing and editing, publishing and marketing software for writers, plus in-depth tutorials on how to use them.
Tools, Tutorials and Useful Resources
My list of the best writing and editing, publishing and marketing software for writers, plus in-depth tutorials on how to use them.