The secret to becoming a good steward of the Earth begins with paying attention, said author Robin Wall Kimmerer, a MacArthur Fellow, botany professor and an enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi ...

This philosophy of the “gift economy” is one she touched on in her 2013 book, “Braiding Sweetgrass,” which draws on native beliefs and traditions as well as science to place humans in the ...

Kimmerer’s book Braiding Sweetgrass was published more than 10 years ago but is still finding new audiences today, ... What is it like to be back on this part of the land where your people are from?

Shelagh Rogers: What does sweetgrass mean to you? Monique Gray Smith: It means love, kindness and care.Those are the teachings for me. As humanity, we're looking for ways to braid our way back to ...

When “Braiding Sweetgrass” arrived on the bestseller list in February 2020, it surprised the literary world. The book hadn’t followed the usual path: It had come out more than six years earlier.

Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer’s book, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants, was first published nearly a decade ago—but in 2020, the book made the New ...