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2023-2024 Common Read - Braiding Sweetgrass: The Gift of Strawberries

The more something is shared, the greater its value becomes." p. 27

Wild Strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)

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Wild Strawberry Flowers

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Wild Strawberry Patch

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Keywords

Commodity: a substance or product that can be traded, bought, or sold. (CAMB)

Firekeeper: responsible for building and maintaining the ceremonial fire for community gatherings and events, a sacred and honored position in many Native American communities. (YA)

Natural Resources: resources, or materials that exist in nature and are not dependent on or made by human actions. The sun, land, ocean, animals, plants, and wind. (YA)

Parity: the quality or state of being equal or equivalent. (MW)

Platanos: plantains.

Persnickety: fussy about small details. (MW)

Powwow: a large gathering that invites nations and communities to honor the traditions of their ancestors through singing, music, dancing, and feasting. (YA)

Reciprocity: a mutual exchange or dependence that benefits both, each, and all but also includes mutual responsibilities. (YA)

Trifoliate: leaves that have three leaflets or little leaves. (YA)

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