Book Review: Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of the Plants By Robin Wall Kimmerer

Elise Krohn, M.Ed.

Volume 14, Number 2 (2025) 14 (2): 107-108

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.63428/k7rad939

Keywords Indigenous Knowledge, Reciprocity, Stewardship, Native Science, Indigenous Wisdom, Relationship between Humans and Nature, Indigenous Environmental Ethics

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This article reviews Robin Wall Kimmerer’s book Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of the Plants. The book highlights Indigenous ways of knowing as essential complements to scientific knowledge, advocating for a worldview that recognizes kinship and mutual respect between humans and the natural environment.

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Elise Krohn, M.Ed.

Published August 13, 2025

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Book Review: Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of the Plants By Robin Wall Kimmerer. (2025). Fourth World Journal, 14(2), 107-108. https://doi.org/10.63428/k7rad939
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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of the Plants By Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions (2013), 390 pages

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