Braiding Sweetgrass

Introduction + Context

Detailed Summary & Analysis

Preface Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 30 Chapter 31 Epilogue

Themes

All Themes Reciprocity and Communalism Indigenous Wisdom and Scientific Knowledge Gifts, Gratitude, and Responsibility Motherhood and Teaching Animacy and Value The Indigenous Past and Future

Characters

All Characters Robin Wall Kimmerer Skywoman Nanabozho Robin’s Father Robin’s Mother Robin’s Grandfather (Asa Wall Linden Larkin The Adviser Hazel Barnett John Pigeon Laurie Lionel Brad Tom Porter Franz Dolp The Peacemaker Tadodaho

Symbols

All Symbols Sweetgrass Onondaga Lake The Windigo

Literary Devices

All Literary Devices Allusions Anthropomorphism Dramatic Irony Foil Foreshadowing Genre Imagery Irony Logos Metaphors Mood Motifs Paradox Pathos Personification Setting Similes Situational Irony Style Tone Verbal Irony

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Braiding Sweetgrass

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Robin Wall Kimmerer

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Introduction Intro

Plot Summary Plot

Summary & Analysis

All Themes
Reciprocity and Communalism
Indigenous Wisdom and Scientific Knowledge
Gifts, Gratitude, and Responsibility
Motherhood and Teaching
Animacy and Value
The Indigenous Past and Future

All Characters
Robin Wall Kimmerer
Skywoman
Nanabozho
Robin’s Father
Robin’s Mother
Robin’s Grandfather (Asa Wall
Linden
Larkin
The Adviser
Hazel Barnett
John Pigeon
Laurie
Lionel
Brad
Tom Porter
Franz Dolp
The Peacemaker
Tadodaho

All Symbols
Sweetgrass
Onondaga Lake
The Windigo

All Literary Devices
Allusions
Anthropomorphism
Dramatic Irony
Foil
Foreshadowing
Genre
Imagery
Irony
Logos
Metaphors
Mood
Motifs
Paradox
Pathos
Personification
Setting
Similes
Situational Irony
Style
Tone
Verbal Irony

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