Tag Archives: Braiding Sweetgrass

Planting Twin Trees

Posted on November 23, 2018 by

–by Robin Wall Kimmerer  (Nov 22, 2018) There was a custom in the mid-eighteen hundreds of planting twin trees to celebrate a marriage and the starting of a home. The stance of these two, just ten feet apart, recalls a couple standing … Continue reading →

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Advice From Some of Earth’s Oldest Beings

Posted on October 12, 2018 by

–by Robin Wall Kimmerer  (Oct 11, 2018) This elder has sat silently in these lakeshore woods for ten thousand years as forests have come and gone, lake levels ebbed and flowed. And after all that time, it is still a microcosm of … Continue reading →

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Fuego: Depende Tanto de la Chispa / Fire: So Much Depends On The Spark

Posted on September 7, 2018 by

–por Robin Wall Kimmerer  (Sep 7, 2018) [English below] Tantas cosas dependen para la iluminación de este fuego, tan cuidadosamente colocado en el suelo frío y rodeado de piedras. Una plataforma de leña de arce seco, un piso de finas ramitas, creado … Continue reading →

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The Three Sisters + 1

Posted on July 6, 2018 by

–by Robin Wall Kimmerer  (July 05 2018) It should be them who tell this story. Corn leaves rustle with a signature sound, a papery conversation with each other and the breeze. On a hot day in July—when the corn can grow six … Continue reading →

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Full Chapter: The Three Sisters

Posted on July 6, 2018 by

–by Robin Wall Kimmerer  from the her book Braiding Sweetgrass. It should be them who tell this story. Corn leaves rustle with a signature sound, a papery conversation with each other and the breeze. On a hot day in July—when the corn … Continue reading →

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Words Make Worlds

Posted on February 1, 2018 by

–by Robin Wall Kimmerer  (Jan Feb 01 2018) Writing as an indigenous plant woman I might say, “My plant relatives have shared healing knowledge with me and given me a root medicine.” Instead of ignoring our mutual relationship, I celebrate it. Yet … Continue reading →

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Convirtiéndonos en Gente de Maíz / Becoming Corn People

Posted on September 8, 2017 by

–por Robin Wall Kimmerer  (Sep 7, 2017) [English below] La historia de nuestra relación con la Tierra está escrita con más veracidad en la tierra que en una página. Dura mucho tiempo ahí. La tierra recuerda lo que dijimos y lo que … Continue reading →

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Allegiance to Gratitude

Posted on May 28, 2017 by

–by Robin Wall Kimmerer  (Jun 08 2017) [ A Thanksgiving Address, a gift from the Haudenosaunee to the World. ] Today we have gathered and when we look upon the faces around us we see that the cycles if life continue. We … Continue reading →

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Convertirse En Indígena De Un Lugar / Becoming Indigenous To A Place

Posted on February 24, 2017 by

–por Robin Wall Kimmerer  (Feb 24, 2017) [English below] Voy a sentarme con mi abuela la picea de Sitka para pensar. No soy de aquí, sólo soy una extraña que viene con agradecimiento y respeto y preguntas de cómo es que llegamos a … Continue reading →

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Fearless Keepers of Water

Posted on February 2, 2017 by

–by Robin Wall Kimmerer  (Feb 2, 2017) Being a good mother means teaching your children to care for the world, and so I’ve shown the girls how to grow a garden, how to prune an apple tree. The apple tree leans out … Continue reading →

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