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

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Table of contents

- Title page (Page 4)
- Copyright (Page 5)
- Dedication (Page 7)
- Contents (Page 8)
- Preface (Page 11)
- Planting Sweetgrass (Page 14)
- Skywoman Falling (Page 15)
- The Council of Pecans (Page 24)
- The Gift of Strawberries (Page 38)
- An Offering (Page 51)
- Asters and Goldenrod (Page 58)
- Learning the Grammar of Animacy (Page 69)
- Tending Sweetgrass (Page 83)
- Maple Sugar Moon (Page 84)
- Witch Hazel (Page 94)
- A Mother's Work (Page 106)
- The Consolation of Water Lilies (Page 125)
- Allegiance to Gratitude (Page 133)
- Picking Sweetgrass (Page 149)
- Epiphany in the Beans (Page 150)
- The Three Sisters (Page 158)
- Wisgaak Gok penagen: A Black Ash Basket (Page 174)
- Mishkos Kenomagwen: The Teachings of Grass (Page 192)
- Maple Nation: A Citizenship Guide (Page 206)
- The Honorable Harvest (Page 216)
- Braiding Sweetgrass (Page 248)
- In the Footsteps of Nanabozho (Page 249)
- The Sound of Silverbells (Page 262)
- Sitting in a Circle (Page 271)
- Burning Cascade Head (Page 293)
- Putting Down Roots (Page 308)
- Umbilicaria: The Belly Button of the World (Page 325)
- Old-Growth Children (Page 336)
- Witness to the Rain (Page 355)
- Burning Sweetgrass (Page 364)
- Windigo Footprints (Page 365)
- The Sacred and the Superfund (Page 373)
- People of Corn, People of Light (Page 410)
- Collateral Damage (Page 419)
- Shkitagen: People of the Seventh Fire (Page 434)
- Defeating Windigo (Page 451)
- Epilogue: Returning the Gift (Page 459)
- Notes (Page 465)
- Sources (Page 468)
- Acknowledgments (Page 470)
- About the Author (Page 473)