*CANCELED* Renewing Reciprocity: Indigenous Food Systems and the Honorable Harvest

Robin Wall Kimmerer

Wednesday, 17 Apr 2019 at 7:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union

This event has been canceled due to complications with the speaker's travel. The poster session is being rescheduled.

Robin Wall Kimmerer is a plant scientist, writer, professor, mother and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She is the author of two award-winning books, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants and Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses. Sustainable Agriculture Symposium Keynote

Cosponsored By:
  • American Indian Studies Program
  • College of Agriculture & Life Sciences Diversity Programs
  • College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Diversity & Inclusion Committee
  • Environmental Studies Program
  • Graduate Program in Sustainable Agriculture
  • Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
  • MFA Program in Creative Writing & Environment
  • Office of Diversity and Inclusion
  • Pearl Hogrefe Visiting Writer Series
  • STEM Scholars Program
  • Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science
  • Sustainable Agriculture Student Association
  • United Native American Student Association
  • University Library
  • World Languages & Cultures
  • Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)

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