Plants know how to make food and medicine from light and water, and then they give it away
Why is it that plants can do so much for us, yet in turn we harm them
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Knowing her grandchildren would inherit the world she left behind, she did not work for flourishing in her time only.
I think this speaks a lot. Anymore I think that we can be too stuck in ourselves to think about future generations
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And then they me
I like the connection between two beliefs here
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Like Creation stories every where, cosmologies are a source of identity and orientation to the world.
I love how this is written. The words chosen make me feel like I'm wrapped in the softest blanket
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How can we begin to move toward ecological and cultural sustain-ability if we cannot even imagine what the path feels like? If we can’t imagine the generosity of geese?
I like these questions
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Nearly every one of the two hundred students said confidently that humans and nature are a bad mix.
I somewhat agree. I think how most Western humans behave exemplifies this, but Indigenous peoples actually help the Earth because they cherish it
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but to me she belongs there
just as we belong here to take care of Her creation
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the responsibility that flows between humans and the earth
I love this statement a lot
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There is such tenderness in braiding the hair of someone you love.
Is this relating to use weaving together the sweetgrass to show our love for the Earth?
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medicine
how is it used in medicine? I need to research this
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remember to remember,”
I really like this quote
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Skywoman had not come empty- handed
we all bring something valuable to the table, but it only is worth something when its blended with everything else as well
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Soon only little Muskrat was left
I think this is supposed to mean we need to put faith in the Earth even when we don't think the Earth can do it
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oons, otters, swans, beavers, fish of all kinds. A great turtle floated in their midst and offered his back for her
Is this trying to tell us how we should all take care of one another and the earth around us? Should we be treating animals and plants and the soil with the same respect we would treat our loved ones with?
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As it grew closer, they could see that it was a woman, arms outstretched, long black hair billowing behind as she spiraled toward them
Is this mother nature?
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Sweetgrass is best planted not by seed, but by putting roots directly in the ground. Thus the plant is passed from hand to earth to hand across years and generations. Its fa-vored habitat is sunny, well-watered meadows. It thrives along disturbed edges.Kimmerer, Robin. Braiding Sweetgrass : Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants, Milkweed Editions, 2013. ProQuest Ebook Central, http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/unebraskalincoln-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1212658.Created from unebraskalincoln-ebooks on 2022-03-16 17:14:09.
Is this really about sweetgrass or is this a metaphor for how we should live our lives?
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And then I’ll hold it for you, while you braid, too
this sounds like a profession of love to me
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but the sweet-est way is to have someone else hold the end so that you pull gently against each other, all the while leaning in, head to head, chatting and laughing, watching each other’s hands, one holding steady while the other shifts the slim bundles over one another, each in its turn
Is this the sweetest way because it causes you to become close to the other person?
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old out your hands and let me lay upon them a sheaf of freshly picked sweetgrass, loose and flowing, like newly washed hair.
I love how descriptive this is. It makes me feel like I'm in the story
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