Our description: "Evocative writing connects indigenous (Potawatomi) ways of knowing, scientific knowledge, and personal stories to examine and mend our relationship with the earth. A book about nature, sustainability, reciprocity, gratitude, and beauty – to read with all your senses!" SD
Reading Schedule
Week 1: Preface & Planting Sweetgrass (pp. ix-x, 3-59, approximately 58 pages)
Preface ix
*”Skywoman Falling” 3
*”The Council of Pecans” 11
“The Gift of Strawberries” 22
“An Offering” 33
*”Asters and Goldenrod” 39
*”Learning the Grammar of Animacy” 48
Week 2: Tending Sweetgrass (pp. 63-117, approximately 54 pages)
“Maple Sugar Moon” 63
*”Witch Hazel” 72
“A Mother’s Work” 82
“The Consolation of Water Lilies” 98
*”Allegiance to Gratitude” 105
Week 3: Picking Sweetgrass (pp. 121-201, approximately 80 pages)
“Epiphany in the Beans” 121
“The Three Sisters” 128
“Wisgaak Gokpenagen: A Black Ash Basket” 141
*”Mishkos Kenomagwen: The Teachings of Grass” 156
“Maple Nation: A Citizenship Guide” 167
*”The Honorable Harvest” 175
Week 4: Braiding Sweetgrass (pp.205-300, approximately 95 pages)
“In the Footsteps of Nanabozho” 205
“The Sound of Silverbells“ 216
*”Sitting in a Circle” 223
“Burning Cascade Head” 241
“Putting Down Roots” 254
“Umbilicaria: The Belly Button of the World” 268
“Old-Growth Children” 277
“Witness to the Rain” 293
Week 5: Burning Sweetgrass (pp. 303-384, approximately 81 pages)
“Windingo Footprints” 303
“The Sacred and the Superfund” 310
*”People of Corn, People of Light” 341
“Collateral Damage” 348
*”Shkitagen: People of the Seventh Fire” 360
“Defeating Windingo” 374
Epilogue: “Returning the Gift” 380