Carlson Family Stage, Northrop, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
84 Church St SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
United States
In-person and on-demand tickets available
$12
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Join Robin Wall Kimmerer, New York Times bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants, for an evening of conversation about reciprocity, storytelling, and the interconnectedness of all beings. In conversation with Dakota author of The Seed Keeper, Diane Wilson.
Audience Q&A will follow. Books will be available for sale before and after the event.
This event will be captioned and ASL interpreted, with other accessibility services available upon request.
BUY TICKETS HERE: https://www.northrop.umn.edu/events/robin-wall-kimmerer
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Northrop
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Department of English
Department of Forest Resources
Institute on the Environment
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Open Rivers: Rethinking Water, Place & Community
Race, Indigeneity, Disability, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Religion Studies Program
The Swain Climate Policy Series
University of Minnesota Libraries
Robin Wall Kimmerer
Robin Wall Kimmerer is a mother, scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She is the author of the New York Times bestselling collection of essays Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants.
Diane Wilson
Diane Wilson (Dakota) is the author of The Seed Keeper, as well as a memoir, Spirit Car: Journey to a Dakota Past, and a nonfiction book, Beloved Child: A Dakota Way of Life. She is the executive director for the Native American Food Sovereignty Alliance, a national coalition of tribes and organizations working to create sovereign food systems for Native people. She is a Mdewakanton descendent, enrolled on the Rosebud Reservation, and lives in Shafer, Minnesota.
Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, a mother, and a woman, Robin Wall Kimmerer shows how other living beings offer us gifts and lessons.
A haunting novel spanning several generations, following a Dakota family’s struggle to preserve their way of life and their sacrifices to protect what matters most.