A review by bandysbooks
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

This is a nonfiction book about nature through the lens of an Indigenous Anishinabe botanist/plant specialist. I thought it would be dry and too technical, but was blown away by how personal and relatable the story was. I appreciated the balance of Indigenous traditions with modern practices. This really should be required reading in high school science classes across the country. Excellent book. 

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Content Warnings

I’m not sure how to label this trigger warning, but possibly a trigger warning for talk of genocide against Native Americans and continued wrong doings toward them by the government.