{"product_id":"sweetgrass","title":"Sweetgrass","description":"\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" tabindex=\"-1\" class=\"fEEQb BeMje TiApU allowTextSelection\" aria-label=\"Message body\" role=\"region\" data-mce-tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBorn and raised in the Bear River First Nation community, Theresa Meuse is a First Nations educator and advisor. Jessica Jerome is a two-spirit graphic designer, born in the Listuguj Mi'kmaw First Nation, and raised as a member of the Gesgapegiag Band along the banks of the Gaspé Coast. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA modern story of traditional Indigenous knowledge that follows a young boy and his Auntie as they gather and braid sweetgrass, one of the four sacred medicines.\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt’s early July, and for Matthew and his Auntie that means one thing: time to go sweetgrass picking. This year, Matthew’s younger cousin Warren is coming along, and it will be his first time visiting the shoreline where the sweetgrass grows.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWith Auntie’s traditional Mi’kmaw knowledge and Matthew’s gentle guidance, Warren learns about the many uses for sweetgrass—as traditional medicine, a sacred offering, a smudging ingredient—and the importance of not picking more than he needs. Once the trio is back at Auntie’s house, she shows the boys how to clean and braid the grass.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrom the author behind the bestsellers The Gathering and The Sharing Circle, this heartfelt story about the gifts we receive from Mother Earth and how to gather them respectfully offers thoughtful insight into a treasured Mi’kmaw tradition.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\nSweetgrass grows in wet meadows, low prairies, and the edges of sloughs and marshes.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt grows from Labrador to Alaska, south to New Jersey, Indiana, Iowa, New Mexico, and Arizona. Widely used by North American indigenous peoples from many different Nations, it is also considered one of the “four sacred medicines” by many Plains Indians.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrench Version: https:\/\/goodminds.com\/collections\/french-books\/products\/foin-dodeur-sweetgrass-fr\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Nimbus Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48168738422947,"sku":"lqb1789922976161","price":6.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0760\/7595\/8435\/files\/sweetgrass_1.jpg?v=1789922980","url":"https:\/\/stretchfitq.shop\/products\/sweetgrass","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}