Citizen Potawatomi Nation’s own Tribal member Robin Wall Kimmerer will be at the CPN Cultural Heritage Center on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. Pre-registration is open online.
Before colonialism, the Potawatomi lived semi-nomadically as hunter-gatherers, picking Earth’s bounties seasonally. Often, they collected nuts, which provided fats and nutrients to cook, fry and survive the harsh Great Lakes’ winters. Because of the Potawatomi removals from the Great Lakes region, the Tribe not only lost ancestral lands, but it also left behind the plant Read More »
Climate change is the idea that the gradual warming in the average temperature of the earth will motivate impacts such as sea level rise, severe droughts, more extreme weather events and changes in plant and animal species. These impacts can be harmful to many people and communities. Climate change continues to be a controversial topic, Read More »
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry professor Robin Wall Kimmerer, Ph.D. is a leading indigenous environmental scientist and writer in indigenous studies and environmental science at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. She holds a Bachelor of Science from her current employer, and a Master of Science and Ph.D. in Botany from Read More »