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020			_a9781571313560
082	0		_a305.597 KIM
100	1		_aKimmerer, Robin Wall
245	1	0	_a Braiding sweetgrass _c/ Robin Wall Kimmerer
260			_aMinneapolis, MN _b: Milkweed Editions _c, 2013
300			_a390 p. : illus. : _c22 cm
520			_aAs 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 acknowledgment 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
546			_aEnglish
650		4	_aBotany _vPhilosophy
650		4	_aIndians _zNorth Americans
650		4	_aNature _xPlants _vGeneral
650		4	_aPotawatomi Indians _xSocial life and customs
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