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Braiding Sweetgrass

The mountains of New York State. The author, a botanist and North American native who lives in a beautiful forest, provides a unique perspective and deep insight into the nature-human relationship.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Planting Sweetgrass 　The Fallen Skywoman 　　Those who are embraced by their homeland and those who are chased away 　　Taking Root in the Land 　Pecan Advice 　　The Mystery of the Walnut Abundance Phenomenon 　　Ancestors whose lives and spirits were linked by pecans 　　Trees in Conversation 　The Gift of Strawberries 　　Gifts and Obligations 　　Gift or Commodity? 　Making a Tribute 　　Making the land our home 　The Aster and the Horse Chestnut 　　The Birth of the Botanist 　　Encounter of Science and Lore 　A Grammar for All That Is Life 　　Why There Is No Word for "Please 　　Grammar for All Living Things

Growing Sweetgrass 　Maple Sugar Month 　　Large amounts of sap and small amounts of maple syrup 　　Returning the Gift 　Witch Hazel and Neighbors 　　Life on the Ground 　　The Pain That Cannot Be Healed 　Ponds and Motherhood 　　Fighting Eutrophication in Ponds 　　A Mother's Woes as a Botanist 　　Conditions of a Good Mother 　　Grandmothers Live On 　Child separation and water lilies 　　How Water Lily Leaves Breathe 　The Word that precedes all things 　　Our hearts are one 　　Pledge of Allegiance to the Natural World 　　Gratitude for the World

Harvesting Sweetgrass 　Loving 　　Love from Nature 　Three Sisters 　　Plants that cooperate with each other 　　Gifts Nurtured by Relationships 　Black ash basket 　　Ask the Tree 　　Using up the life of the tree 　　Black ash and human symbiosis 　　Three rows of baskets 　　Time in the hand 　Reflections on Sweetgrass 　　1 Introduction 　　2 Literature Review 　　3 Hypothesis 　　4 Methods 　　5 Results 　　6 Discussion 　　7 Conclusions 　　8 Acknowledgements 　　9 References 　How to become a citizen of Maple Country 　　Currency in Maple Country 　　Tasting Maple Syrup 　A Sensible Harvest 　　Lessons from Nanabjo 　　Harvest Guidelines 　　What the Earth Gives Us and What It Doesn't 　　One bullet 　　Lessons from my Turkish grandmother 　　Catch the marten, protect the marten 　　Market Economy and the "Decent Harvest 　　Reclaiming the "Decent Harvest

Weaving Sweetgrass 　Follow Nanabujo, the First 　　Walking and Learning Nanabujo 　　Footprints can no longer be retraced 　　Naturalized St. John's wort 　The Sound of Silver Bells 　　The spinning class 　　The True Teacher 　Embraced by the earth 　　Harvesting Toads 　　Using Up Toadstools 　　Weaving baskets with Canada spruce roots 　　Building Interdependence with Toads 　　Sleep in the wigwam 　Burning the Cape 　　The Disappeared Salmon 　　Lost Stories 　　Reviving the Ritual 　Reclaiming Sweetgrass 　　Homeland and Plants 　　Conditions under which sweetgrass grows 　　What has been cut off 　　Reweaving the World 　Helping Lichens Help Each Other 　　Fusion of ways of life 　Children of the virgin forest 　　Creating the virgin forest 　　Beyond Restoration 　　Growing Bay Cedar 　　When Ancient Forests Come Back to Life 　Witness to Rain 　　Time of Water Drops

Burning Sweetgrass 　Footprints of Windigo 　　The Evil Spirit of Self-Destruction 　The Sacred and the "Superfund" 　　Onondaga Lake, the most polluted lake 　　History of the Lake 　　Onondaga Tribe Land Rights Lawsuit 　　A Call for Help 　　Nature in Ruins 　　Defining Environmental Restoration 　　Plants Healing Wounds 　　Relationships Rooted in Love 　　Reciprocal Restoration 　People of Corn, People of Light 　　Science and New Narratives 　Collateral Damage 　　Salamander Rescue 　　Amphibians and Collateral Damage 　　Comrades 　　Future Species Conservation 　　Species Solitude 　People of the Seventh Fire 　　Teachings about Fire 　　New people 　　Making fire with us 　　The Eighth Fire 　Overcoming Windigo

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