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Swimming was banned in 1940. Beautiful Onondaga Lake. People spoke of it with pride. Now they barely speak of it at all, as if it were a family member whose demise was so shameful that the name never comes up.

— Robin Wall Kimmerer Braiding Sweetgrass (2013)

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The teachings tell us that a harvest is made honorable by what you give in return for what you take.

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Doing science with awe and humility is a powerful act of reciprocity with the more-than-human world.

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Names are the way we humans build relationship, not only with each other but with the living world.

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A path scented with sweetgrass leads to a landscape of forgiveness and healing for all who need it.

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The truth of our relationship with the soil is written more clearly on the land than in any book.

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