Description
A modern story of traditional Indigenous knowledge that follows a young boy and his Auntie as they gather and braid sweetgrass, one of the four sacred medicines.
Its early July, and for Matthew and his Auntie that means one thing: time to go sweetgrass picking. This year, Matthews younger cousin Warren is coming along, and it will be his first time visiting the shoreline where the sweetgrass grows.
With Aunties traditional Mikmaw knowledge and Matthews gentle guidance, Warren learns about the many uses for sweetgrassas traditional medicine, a sacred offering, a smudging ingredientand the importance of not picking more than he needs. Once the trio is back at Aunties house, she shows the boys how to clean and braid the grass.
From the duo behind the bestsellers The Gathering and The Sharing Circle, this heartfelt story about the gifts we receive from Mother Earth and how to gather them respectfully offers thoughtful insight into a treasured Mikmaw tradition.
Sweetgrass grows in wet meadows, low prairies, and the edges of sloughs and marshes . It grows from Labrador to Alaska, south to New Jersey, Indiana, Iowa, New Mexico, and Arizona. Widely used by North American indigenous peoples from many different Nations, it is also considered one of the four sacred medicines by many Plains Indians.
Author: Theresa Meuse
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing Limited
Published: 06/30/2022
Series: Indigenous Knowledge
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.24lbs
Size: 9.00h x 8.00w x 0.10d
ISBN: 9781771089333
Language: English
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