Tag: Books

Braiding Sweetgrass

Braiding Sweetgrass

Recently I had a hernia operation so was flat on my back for several weeks the upside was I got to start reading Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Potawatomi professor Robin Wall Kimmerer. I was moved to tears (good ones) many times while reading it and I am certain it helped in my healing ????.
It has chapters on creation stories, scientific info, sacred knowledge, language, basket making, gardening, personal tales and much more.
It really is a gentle, beautiful piece of writing and an anti-capitalist book, even if it never mentions that word.
I highly recommend it to everybody.

Books – Robin Wall Kimmerer

A New York Times Bestseller A Washington Post Bestseller A Los Angeles Times Bestseller Named a “Best Essay Collection of the Decade” by Literary Hub A Book Riot “Favorite Summer Read of 2020​” Updated with a new introduction from Robin Wall Kimmerer, the hardcover special edition of Braiding Sweetgrass, reissued in honor of the fortieth anniversary of Milkweed Editions, celebrates the book as an object of meaning that will last the ages.

Good Reading

Good Reading

https://www.aptnnews.ca/infocus/exploring-must-read-indigenous-books/

Aaron Carapella of Tribal Nations Maps

Aaron Carapella of Tribal Nations Maps

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST:
We’re just a few weeks away from the presidential inauguration and an historic milestone. If confirmed, Representative Deb Haaland of New Mexico will be the first Native American Cabinet secretary in U.S. history. She’s been selected to lead the Department of the Interior. That’s the agency that oversees the country’s natural resources, national parks and the Bureau of Indian Affairs. So in honor of this historic moment and to start the new year off right, we thought it would be a good chance to learn more about the native nations experience.

And for that, we’ve called Aaron Carapella. He’s the creator of Tribal Nations Maps. That’s a site dedicated to mapping the lands that Native Americans lived on prior to European settlement. And he’s recently launched a section of the site to highlight children’s books focused on characters and stories rooted in the Native American experience. And he’s with us now.