WSU selects ‘Braiding Sweetgrass’ as next common read for students

Published in 2013 by Milkweed Press, it features essays that convey scientific knowledge as well as indigenous lore and reflections on subjects such as the relationship between humans and the land, sacred traditions, agriculture and land use, environmental threat and regeneration, climate change, and more.

According to her website, “as a writer and a scientist, her interests in restoration include not only restoration of ecological communities, but restoration of our relationships to land.” She earned a B.S.

Weathermon said that the book is available at no cost to all students, faculty, and staff thanks to WSU Libraries’ license for unlimited ebook access to the publication.

In this current year, 2021-22, the book “Tales from Two Americas” has allowed the program to host and partner with 19 other units across the university to host 92 events or exhibits that have carried common-reading credit.

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