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Virtual Event - #BookDiscussion of “The #Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World”

February 12 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

"Join us for a virtual book discussion of 'The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World,' by #RobinWallKimmerer.

Free. Registration Required."

About the author:
"As Indigenous scientist and author of #BraidingSweetgrass 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 #IndigenousWisdom and the plant world to #reimagine what we value most? Our economy is rooted in scarcity, competition, and the hoarding of resources, and we have surrendered our values to a system that actively harms what we love. Meanwhile, the serviceberry’s relationship with the natural world is an embodiment of reciprocity, #interconnectedness, and gratitude. The tree distributes its wealth—its abundance of sweet, juicy berries—to meet the needs of its natural community. And this distribution ensures its own survival. As Kimmerer explains, 'Serviceberries show us another model, one based upon reciprocity, where wealth comes from the quality of your relationships, not from the illusion of self-sufficiency.' "

FMI and to register:
https://www.mofga.org/event-calendar/book-discussion-of-the-serviceberry-abundance-and-reciprocity-in-the-natural-world/

#SolarPunkSunday #MOFGA #TheServiceBerryBook #IndigenousAuthors #IndigenousFood #Foraging #Nature #EthicalHarvest #HonourableHarvest

@sundogplanets

#Books #IndigenousAuthors

i would heartily recommend #TheFirstKnowledges” series as a sound introduction to the world-views of now-called-australia’s Indigenous peoples
“The First Knowledges series offers an introduction to Indigenous knowledges in vital areas and their application to the present day and the future. Exploring practices such as #architecture and design, #LandManagement, #Medicine, #Astronomy and innovation, this six-book series brings together two very different ways of understanding the natural world: one ancient, the other modern.
Each book is a collaboration between #Indigenous and non-Indigenous writers and editors. The series is edited by Margo Neale, senior Indigenous curator at the National Museum of #Australia.”

Titles in the series are

*Songlines: The Power and the Promise
Weaving deeply personal storytelling with extensive research on mnemonics, this book offers unique insights into Indigenous traditional knowledges, how they apply today and how they could help all peoples thrive into the future.

*Design: Building on Country
Aboriginal design is of a distinctly cultural nature, based in the Dreaming and in ancient practices grounded in Country.

*Country: Future Fire, Future Farming
For millennia, Indigenous Australians harvested this continent in ways that can offer contemporary environmental and economic solutions.
This book highlights the consequences of ignoring our history and details the remarkable agricultural and land-care techniques of First Nations peoples.

*Astronomy: Sky Country
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are the oldest scientists in human history.
Explore the connections between Aboriginal environmental and cultural practices and the behaviour of the stars, and consider what must be done to sustain our dark skies, and the information they hold, into the future.
This book issues a challenge for a new Australian design ethos, one that truly responds to the essence of Country and its people.

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I often wonder why there aren't more calls for Indigenous writers and special Indigenous-themed anthologies/magazines for June. After all, it is Indigenous History month. A shoutout to ALOCASIA for doing so, though! https://alocasia.org #IndigenousHistoryMonth #IndigenousAuthors #Indigedon #WritingCommunity #LitMags #Anthologies

My personal #books #ReadingGoal this year is to find & read every book that Richard Wagamese wrote. I have read 3 of his books so far & loved them. He's one of my fave #Indigenous authors in #Canada.

Richard Wagamese was one of Canada’s foremost #IndigenousAuthors & esteemed public speaker & #storyteller. A professional writer since 1979, he was a newspaper columnist & reporter, radio & television broadcaster & producer, documentary producer & author of 14 titles from various #Canadian publishers.

He was a success in every genre of writing he tried. An #Ojibway from the #Wabaseemoong #FirstNation in Northwestern #Ontario, he became the first #NativeCanadian to win a National Newspaper Award for Column Writing in 1991. He won the Alberta Writers Guild Best Novel Award for his debut novel, Keeper’n Me in 1994 & the Canadian Authors Association Award for Fiction for his third novel Dream Wheels, in 2007. One Native Life was one of The Globe & Mail’s 100 Best Books of 2008 & One Story, One Song was awarded the George Ryga Award for Social Awareness in Literature in 2011.

Indian Horse, the feature film, is based on his book of the same title.

If you haven't read any of his books yet, I highly recommend finding them at your local library 👍📚

Idag lanserar vi ljudböcker på samiska i Bläddra. Tillgång till ljudböcker och möjligheten att lyssna på sitt språk är något som varit mycket efterfrågat sen Bläddra lanserades, så det känns betydelsefullt att kunna ta det första steget mot att tillgängliggöra ljudböcker på samtliga minoritetsspråk i appen. https://www.kb.se/samverkan-och-utveckling/nytt-fran-kb/nyheter-samverkan-och-utveckling/2025-01-29-ljudbocker-pa-samiska---nu-i-bladdra.html
#Bibliotek #Samiska #Bläddra #Nationellaminoriteter #ebook #ebooks #audiobook #Library #indigenous #indigenousauthors

🌟 Multnomah County Library: Indigenous Voices for High Schoolers
Explore compelling fiction and nonfiction from Native American, First Nations, and Indigenous authors. Perfect for high schoolers!
👉 https://multcolib.bibliocommons.com/list/share/135258471_multcolib_teens/1941270819_indigenous_voices_for_high_schoolers_from_multcolib_teens

#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #TeenReads #YA #IndigenousAuthors #AANHPI #DiverseBooks #ReadingLists

🌟 Multnomah County Library: Indigenous Voices for High Schoolers
Explore compelling fiction and nonfiction from Native American, First Nations, and Indigenous authors. Perfect for high schoolers!
👉 https://multcolib.bibliocommons.com/list/share/135258471_multcolib_teens/1941270819_indigenous_voices_for_high_schoolers_from_multcolib_teens

#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #TeenReads #YA #IndigenousAuthors #AANHPI #DiverseBooks #ReadingLists

🌟 Multnomah County Library: Indigenous Voices for High Schoolers
Explore compelling fiction and nonfiction from Native American, First Nations, and Indigenous authors. Perfect for high schoolers!
👉 https://multcolib.bibliocommons.com/list/share/135258471_multcolib_teens/1941270819_indigenous_voices_for_high_schoolers_from_multcolib_teens

#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #TeenReads #YA #IndigenousAuthors #AANHPI #DiverseBooks #ReadingLists

🌟 Multnomah County Library: Indigenous Voices for High Schoolers
Explore compelling fiction and nonfiction from Native American, First Nations, and Indigenous authors. Perfect for high schoolers!
👉 https://multcolib.bibliocommons.com/list/share/135258471_multcolib_teens/1941270819_indigenous_voices_for_high_schoolers_from_multcolib_teens

#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #TeenReads #YA #IndigenousAuthors #AANHPI #DiverseBooks #ReadingLists

🌟 Multnomah County Library: Indigenous Voices for High Schoolers
Explore compelling fiction and nonfiction from Native American, First Nations, and Indigenous authors. Perfect for high schoolers!
👉 https://multcolib.bibliocommons.com/list/share/135258471_multcolib_teens/1941270819_indigenous_voices_for_high_schoolers_from_multcolib_teens

#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #TeenReads #YA #IndigenousAuthors #AANHPI #DiverseBooks #ReadingLists

New #book to enjoy #reading & #learning from!

Held by the Land: A Guide to Indigenous Plants for Wellness
By Leigh Joseph.

Author Leigh Joseph, an #ethnobotanist, member of the #SquamishNation & founder of #SkwalwenBotanicals, provides a beautifully illustrated essential introduction to #Indigenous #PlantKnowledge.

#Plants can be a great source of #healing as well as #nourishment & the practice of growing & harvesting from trees, flowering herbs & other plants is a powerful way to become more connected to the land.

The #IndigenousPeoples of #NorthAmerica have long traditions of using #NativePlants as #medicine as well as for #food. Held by the Land honors & shares some of these traditions, offering a guide to:

Harvesting herbs & other plants & using them topically.
North American plants that can treat common ailments, add nutrition to your diet, become part of your beauty regime & more.
Stories & traditions about native plants from the author's #Squamish culture.
Using plant knowledge to strengthen your #ConnectionToTheLand you live on.
Early chapters will introduce you to responsible ways to identify & harvest plants in your area & teach you how to grow a deeper connection with the land you live on through plants.

In the plant profiles section, common plants are introduced with illustrations & information on their characteristics, range, how to grow & harvest them & how to use them topically & as food.

Special features offer recipes for food & beauty products along with stories & traditions around the plants.

This beautiful, full-color guide to #IndigenousPlants will give you new insights into the power of everyday plants.

https://skwalwen.com/products/held-by-the-land-a-guide-to-indigenous-plants-for-wellness

#Bookstodon #IndigenousAuthors #IndigenousBooks #decolonization #IndigenousPlantEducation #Educational #BritishColumbia #Cascadia #CoastSalish #PacificNorthwest #PNW #NativePlantsEducation #NativeWriters #NativePlantsGuide #FirstNations #NonFiction #NatureBooks #PlantsBook #NatureGuide

My story “The Snow Hath No Queen” is the winner of Seminal Edits’ dystopian fiction contest. You can read it here. https://seminaledits.com/competition-winners-2023/ #IndigenousAuthors #IndigenousCreatives @indigenousauthor #DystopianFiction #IndigenousFuturism #Fairytales #WritingCommunity #ClimateFiction #CliFi #Nuliajuk #Sedna #Inuit #Indigedon #IndigenousMastodon #ShortStory @indigenousauthors

Braiding Sweetgrass is such a beautiful book. I am treasuring every moment reading it. I don't want it to end, but it will.

@bookstodon

#books #IndigenousAuthors #IndigenousLit #read #reading #bookstodon #nonfiction

The One Dish One Spoon Treaty of 1701 between the Anishinaabeg and the Haudenosaunee Nation:

"Canonized as an Indigenous Law, it is an agreement for sharing hunting territory among two or more nations:

Those ancestors recognized all people eat out of the single dish, that is, all hunting in the shared territory. One spoon signifies that all peoples sharing the territory are expected to limit the game they take and leave enough for others, and for the continued abundance and viability of the hunting grounds into the future."

#WinonaLaDuke in #ToBeAWaterProtector

I can only imagine what it would have been like to live in a society that valued the sharing and stewardship of resources rather than the gluttony of extreme extraction that we are in the middle of today.

#IndigenousStories #IndigenousAuthors #Resistance #bookstodon #AmReading #EcoJustice #decolonize #LandBack #Anishinaabe #Haudenosaunee @bookstodon

It's time for another #WinonaLaDuke quote! Seriously, if you haven't read #ToBeAWaterProtector yet but you want to know more about #EcoJustice and the #WaterProtector movement, this is a GREAT book to start with.

"The psychosis of Indian hating is one born of the self-loathing of your role in destroying another person, theft and destruction of a people. That's what people have in the north [in the context of this chapter, she's specifically talking northern Michigan, but I feel this also applies to other places like my country of Canada]. They know that what has happened to Native people is wrong, but it's uncomfortable to deal with what justice looks like, or perhaps to come to terms that we all drink the same water, so the Crazy Indian hating behavior continues. That's the Deep North."

@bookstodon #bookstodon #IndigenousStories #IndigenousAuthors #Resistance #LandBack #TruthAndReconciliation #Restitution

This quote gives me goosebumps.

"To me, it was in the camps at Standing Rock that we remembered what it feels like to be free. We remembered what it was like to create a village of thousands of people, a powerful Indigenous space that welcomed people of all different colors and nations. And we remembered what it feels like to create the infrastructure we need to care for ourselves entirely outside the colonized money economy - - to feed and clothe our people, to have stable housing and quality medical care for everyone, to have control of our children's upbringing, to practice our spirituality freely and share our stories unafraid."

To Be a Water Protector: The Rise of the Wiindigoo Slayers by Winona LaDuke

#AmReading #ToBeAWaterProtector #WinonaLaDuke #LandBack #EcoJustice #StandingRock #WaterProtector #Warrior #Indigenous #IndigenousStories #IndigenousAuthors #Resistance #bookstodon @bookstodon

I #AmReading To Be a #WaterProtector by #WinonaLaDuke, and this is a rabbit hole I intend to fall down. What are your #BookReccomendations for specifically the #DakotaAccessPipeline by #IndigenousAuthors and #Indigenous #EcoJustice warriors?

@bookstodon#bookstodon

"Two lessons I take from one of my great teachers, Wes Jackson of the Land Institute. As you contemplate your choices, mill about. That is to say, if you can live in your one acre, do so, mill about on that one acre, and do not move. Perhaps that lesson is to live simply and care for the place you know so that those who follow can live there too."

#WinonaLaDuke in To Be a Water Protector: The Rise of the Wiindigoo Slayers

#IndigenousStories #IndigenousAuthors #WaterProtectors #decolonize #LandBack #Books #AmReading @bookstodon #bookstodon

@KarenWyld @indigenousauthors @bookstodon Currently reading Song Spirals by Gay'wu group of Women. #IndigenousAuthors #IndigenousWriters #AmReading

#FirekeepersDaughter by #AngelineBoulley was nothing like I expected! To be fair, I never bothered to read the blurb, but I'm also not sure that could ever have done this book justice. I was on the edge of my seat for quite a bit of it. Now I understand why everyone was talking about this one last year.

#AmReading #bookstodon #reading @bookstodon #IndigenousStories #IndigenousAuthors

#BogiReads from the archives: Whereas: Poems by Layli Long Soldier (reviewed in 2017) -

"a vast meta-awareness of language, poetry and words."

https://www.bogireadstheworld.com/poetry-whereas-poems-by-layli-long-soldier/

Absolutely breathtaking work. See my longer discussion on my book blog.

I thought I'd link it again today because this collection engages with the genocide of Indigenous peoples - among many other topics. But pls read any day.

#Poetry #IndigenousAuthors #LakotaAuthors #BookRecs #DiverseBooks #Bookstodon #IndigenousLit

@indigenousauthors Loved NIGHT OF THE LIVING REZ by Morgan Talty - intertwined short stories not usually my thing, but this was a big exception, eloquent, sad, and really funny.

https://www.morgantalty.com/

#IndigenousAuthors #IndigenousWriters #DayOfMourning #FirstNations #NativeAmericans #Indigenous #AmReading