monday 2nd novombre

Response to pages 205-215:

In her chapter "In the Footsteps of Nanabozho: Becoming Indigenous to Place," Robin Wall Kimmerer describes how the Anishinaabe "First Man," Nanabozho, learns the names of all beings. He also learns from the plants and animals how to live in a good way on the earth. After reading this chapter, use Nanabozho's example to learn about and from one of the species in the area of the Arboretum you'll be highlighting in your poster as you answer the following:

1) Choose a species that is present in the area of the Arb you've been researching. What is its Latin name? What is its common name? What name might Nanabozho have given it?

2) After doing a little research into this species and its life cycle, describe what lesson you think Nanabozho might have learned from it. Also, what lessons might it teach us humans today?

Response to pages 241-253:

In her chapter "Burning Cascade Head," Kimmerer describes the ceremonies the native peoples of Oregon practiced to celebrate and aid the spawning of the salmon each year up the Salmon River and then the effect the arrival of European settlers had both on the native people and the land. On page 248 she wonders if other current visitors to this place are "trying to remember what it would be like to love the world." What suggestions does Kimmerer make in the remainder of this chapter for ways we might try to accomplish this remembering? Describe these in 100-300 words.



Response to Kimmerer, pages 304-347

After reading the chapters "Windigo Footprints," "The Sacred and the Superfund," and "People of Corn, People of Light," compose a question related to these chapters for our Wednesday class discussion. Please make your question open-ended and provide any context that might be helpful for the class in considering it, including the page number(s) of the section(s) your question relates to.

Submit your question here and also bring a written copy of it to class, as I will be asking everyone to share their questions--first in small groups and then in a whole-class discussion.