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Plants Have So Much to Give Us, All We Have to Do Is Ask

Anishinaabe Botanical Teachings

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Plants Have So Much to Give Us, All We Have to Do Is Ask

Written by: Mary Siisip Geniusz, Wendy Makoons Geniusz - editor
Narrated by: Wendy Makoons Geniusz
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Mary Siisip Geniusz has spent more than thirty years working with, living with, and using the Anishinaabe teachings, recipes, and botanical information, she shares in Plants Have So Much to Give Us, All We Have to Do Is Ask. Geniusz gained much of the knowledge she writes about from her years as an oshkaabewis, a traditionally trained apprentice, and as friend to the late Keewaydinoquay, an Anishinaabe medicine woman from the Leelanau Peninsula in Michigan and a scholar, teacher, and practitioner in the field of native ethnobotany. Keewaydinoquay published little in her lifetime, yet Geniusz has carried on her legacy by making this body of knowledge accessible to a broader audience.

Geniusz teaches the ways she was taught-through stories. Sharing the traditional stories she learned at Keewaydinoquay's side as well as stories from other American Indian traditions and her own experiences, Geniusz brings the plants to life with narratives that explain their uses, meaning, and history. Covering a wide range of plants, from conifers to cattails to medicinal uses of yarrow, mullein, and dandelion, she explains how we can work with those beings to create food, simple medicines, and practical botanical tools.

©2015 Mary Siisip Geniusz (P)2023 Tantor Americas Biological Sciences Science Social Sciences United States Native American Mathematics
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I picked it up as a paper copy too, as it has illustrations, footnotes galore, and a recipe section.. What an amazing wealth of knowledge! The combination of old stories, science, first-hand experience, and biographical pieces about Keewaydinoquay made for an engaging read. I learned so much!

What a fantastic book!

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I’ve been seeking Anishinaabe medicine teachings and stories. I’ve been through book after book that claimed to be about native spirituality or teachings, and ended up being an epilogue of native history after occupation and how that effects the culture today. Worthy to read, but this is the first book that actually taught me something that had nothing to do with European occupation. Just knowledge and stories. Love it. Re reading every chapter and taking notes.

Excellent book, exactly what i was looking for

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Such a beautiful book, wonderful exchange of knowledge and stories. Perfectly written and narrated. I will listen to it over and over to ensure I retain all the powerful information. Chi Miigwetch!

LOVE this book!

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