Reading Group Braiding Sweetgrass Michael Wilcox

We Are Still Here:
Northeastern Indigenous Peoples

University Days 2022 

Reading Group:

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and
the Teaching of Plants

By Robin Wall Kimmerer

Each group will have a maximum of 20 participants.
Priority registration for OLLI members opens on August 1.
General registration opens on August 8.

In her unexpected New York Times best seller during the pandemic, Robin Wall Kimmerer weaves together luminous prose, science, and memorable storytelling that has changed the way her readers view the natural world. A member of the Citizen Potawatami Nation, Distinguished Teaching Professor of Environmental and Forest Biology and Director, Center for Native Peoples and the Environment at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF), Kimmerer has become a leading voice for how to integrate traditional environmental knowledge (TEK) with modern science and the wisdom contained within plants themselves.  

Michael Wilcox, a retired financial services professional, autism advocate, OLLI instructor and student of Native American history, culture and language will lead this discussion. A Berkshire native, Michael knows the landscape of the Berkshires well and will bring Kimmerer’s understanding of nature to life in our local environment.