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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

Start date: December 1, 2023

Finish date: January 31, 2024

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Dec 04, 2014 Diane S ☔ rated it it was amazing

One of my goals this year was to read more non-fiction, a goal I believe I accomplished. Never thought I would rate my last three non-fiction reads 5 stars. This was a wonderful, wonderful book. It teaches the reader so many things about plants and nature in general. Different animals and how the indigenous people learned from watching them and plants, the trees. tis is how they learned to survive, when they had little.

teaches us about thankfulness, gratitude and how often we take these wonderfu ...more

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Sep 09, 2023 SalsaAram rated it did not like it

Utterly redundant and redundant and redundant and redundant and redundant and redundant and redundant and redundant and...You've read everything she has to share within the first 100 pages. Stop then, if not before.

I can only imagine people like this book because they've never read books by other Native Peoples or visited a Reservation. Her narcissism was only outdone by her platitudes and constant analogies that didn't make any sense or were utterly superficial.

Also, I sure hope she's a vegan, ...more

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Jan 20, 2022 Hannah Persyn rated it it was amazing

Listened to Robin read this on audible. Everyone needs this in their brain. Listening to her speak her words felt important and powerful… trust that this is the next book you need.

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