Five generations of Indigenous women, working over a century, created the book Plants Have So Much to Give Us, All We Have to Do Is Ask. They persisted in their work to pass on the traditional stories and plant knowledge now recorded in the book, despite the intense assimilation efforts of the twentieth century. Editor and contributor Dr. Wendy Makoons Geniusz will describe the history of how the book was written by her late mother, Mary Siisip Geniusz, and share Anishinaabe-gikendaasowin (Anishinaabe teachings) from the book, including Inawendiwin: the interconnectedness of all living beings.
This program meets in person at The Morton Arboretum and will also be broadcast live online via Zoom.
To attend in person, register for Section A. To attend online, register for Section B. Copies of Plants Have So Much to Give Us, All We Have to Do Is Ask will be available for purchase at the in-person program.
Instructor: Dr. Wendy Makoons Geniusz, professor of decolonization and Indigeneity, York University in Ontario.
Health and Safety: Program participants must abide by the Arboretum’s health and safety guidelines. Guidelines are subject to change, so please check back frequently.
Age: 16 and older
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This program is part of the Women and the Environment Series. Register for the other sessions:
Friday, March 17: Conserving Biodiversity with Dr. Tanisha Williams, founder of #blackbotanistsweek
Friday, March 24: The Legacy of May Watts with Cindy Crosby and Rita Hassert
Friday, March 31: Soil Sisters: How Local Women Are Caring for the Land with Heather Lynch
