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Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer posed an important question at a talk last month in La Crosse, Wis. Kimmerer is the author of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants. Published in 2013 without much fanfare, this amazing book slowly gained momentum through word of mouth, and finally reached the bestsellers list in 2020, staying on the New York Times’ charts for paperback nonfiction 113 weeks and running.

In the past decade, some books at the Denver Public Library have passed through thousands of hands and crossed tens of thousands of e-readers and audiobook listeners.

The 10,000-step target started off as a marketing gimmick, but now there’s science to back it up.

SALAMANCA — Students and staff at Salamanca High School have had the opportunity to meet with an expert on the natural world and discuss its place in the 21st century.

Based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the New England Independent Booksellers Association and IndieBound.

Learn about the importance of intergenerational knowledge in Indigenous weaving and beading practices during a series of events at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art and online Feb. 22-24.

EMD Serono and Takeda Join Rancho Biosciences as Charter Members of ...

Many readers have already signed up for the inaugural Louisiana Inspired Book Club. In this, the first quarter of the year, we are reading "Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom: Scientific Knowledge

By Coggin Heeringa, Crossroads at Big Creek -- Ever since we at Crossroads found artifacts revealing that people had lived beside The Cove Estuary more than a thousand years ago, we have endeavored t...

By Tim Kowols -- You only have a few more days to finish “Braiding Sweetgrass For Young Adults: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teaching of Plants” before Door County Reads 2024 o...