Robin Wall Kimmerer Indigenous plant ecologist and essayist Robin Wall Kimmerer in 2002. (more) Robin Wall Kimmerer Potawatomi writer and scientist Actions Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/biography/Robin-Wall-Kimmerer Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/biography/Robin-Wall-Kimmerer Written by Stephanie Triplett Stephanie Triplett is a freelance writer and academic editor based in Chicago. Stephanie Triplett Fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Last Updated: Oct 10, 2024 • Article History Table of Contents Quick Facts Born: 1953, New York, U.S. (Show more) Ask the Chatbot a Question Ask the Chatbot a Question Robin Wall Kimmerer (born 1953, New York, U.S.) is a mother, writer, and plant ecologist perhaps best known for her book of essays Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants (2013). She holds appointments as a distinguished teaching professor and as a founding director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY ESF), in Syracuse. As a biologist and an enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she has worked to bring Indigenous knowledge and Western scientific ways of understanding nature ...(100 of 1005 words)

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