Here are the preface and three chapters of the book Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer. Dr. Kimmerer is a professor at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry and director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment. She is a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. Dr. Kimmerer writes about the similarities and differences between native science and European-style science.
Read the passages provided and write an approximately one-page summary of them. Then, select one of the themes that she writes about in these chapters and write a reflective piece about how different conceptions of natural history are important to you or to society. Your total assignment should be 5-7 pages long.
