Tending Sweetgrass

Hybrid meeting in person and Zoom

Each BISCC Book group session offers a chance to explore the ideas that inform Braiding Sweetgrass, the second BI READS For Social Justice selection for 2023. You don’t have to have read the book in whole or at all to participate. Participants can ask or answer questions, make observations, or simply listen.

The second section of Braiding Sweetgrass, “Tending Sweetgrass, includes five essays: Maple Sugar Moon, Witch Hazel, A Mother’s Work,
The Consolation of Water Lilies, Allegiance to Gratitude
Questions to ponder:

These essays all focus on where we put our attention and how we spend our time. What stood out for you from this section?

In these essays, tending takes many forms, from raising a child to healing a pond overrun by algae. What’s the relationship between tending and time?

Here’s the link we’ll use: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82524617784?pwd=NXVVeExscTdpd3ZlY05uTEdvaVNuUT09

Here’s an interesting story about scientists working with tribes to pair ancient wisdom with scientific observation: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02839-4