Good Nature Travel Blog

  • Nature & Wildlife

    Cooperation: Birds, Badgers, Bees and Us

    Jul 9, 2024 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Many Native American communities belong to a clan that identifies with an animal, such as a bear, eagle or turtle. Such four-legged, winged or swimming family members are considered brothers and sisters. Several play major roles in creation stories, and conversations between them and people flow freely.

  • Conservation

    Braiding Science, Kinship With Nature, and Communal Well-Being

    May 14, 2024 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Drawing on her life as an Indigenous scientist, author Robin Wall Kimmerer in her now iconic 2015 book Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants intertwines the knowledge she gained during her Potawatomi upbringing with the education she later received as a scientist—specifically, a plant biologist.