The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World indigenous language books Mom never had long hair--she

Mom never had long hair--she was told it was too wild

events such as the siege at Standing Rock and the Dakota Access pipeline have thrust Native Americans into the public consciousness

They celebrate the solace of natural spaces through sense-laden geo-poetry and picto-poems

She encounters racism and ridicule

Junior leaves his troubled school on the rez to attend an all-white farm town high school where the only other Indian is the school mascot

The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World indigenous language books Mom never had long hair--sheFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass, a bold and inspiring vision for how to orient our lives around gratitude, reciprocity, and community, based on the lessons of the natural world. As Indigenous scientist Robin Wall Kimmerer harvests serviceberries alongside the birds, she considers the ethic of reciprocity that lies at the heart of the gift economy. How, she asks, can we learn from Indigenous wisdom and the plant