Robin Wall Kimmerer \;is a mother\, sc ientist\, decorated professor\, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawat omi Nation. She is the author of "Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom\, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants\," which has earned Kimm erer wide acclaim. Her first book\, "Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultura l History of Mosses\," was awarded the John Burroughs Medal for outstandin g nature writing\, and her other work has appeared in \;Orion\, \; Whole Terrain\, and numerous scientific journals. She tours widely and has been featured on NPR&rsquo\;s \;On Being \;with Krista Tippett an d in 2015 addressed the general assembly of the United Nations on the topi c of &ldquo\;Healing Our Relationship with Nature.&rdquo\; Kimmerer lives in Syracuse\, New York\, where she is a SUNY Distinguished Teaching Profes sor of Environmental Biology\, and the founder and director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment\, whose mission is to create progra ms which draw on the wisdom of both indigenous and scientific knowledge fo r our shared goals of sustainability.
\nAs a writer and a scientist\ , her interests in restoration include not only restoration of ecological communities\, but restoration of our relationships to land. She holds a BS in Botany from SUNY ESF\, an MS and PhD in Botany from the University of Wisconsin and is the author of numerous scientific papers on plant ecology \, bryophyte ecology\, traditional knowledge and restoration ecology. She lives on an old farm in upstate New York\, tending gardens both cultivated and wild.
\n"Braiding Sweetgrass" is available to \;borrow from PGCMLS or purchase online from \;Mahogany Books.
\nPar t of the "Guide to Indigenous Maryland" project. This program is supported in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services\, through the Librar y Services and Technology Act\, administered by the Maryland State Library \, as well as by the Prince George's County Memorial Library System. \ ;Maryland Libraries Together \;is a collaboration of Maryland libraries to engage communities in enriching educational experiences that advance an understanding of the is sues of our time.
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