Cultivating Hope: Plants and Indigenous Knowledge, exhibit case 1

CULTIVATING HOPE

Plants and Indigenous Knowledge Knowledges held by Indigenous Peoples worldwide include ethics of respect and responsibility between humans and the more-than-human world. These insights broaden our shared understandings of how to live in balance with Earth’s annual cycles of regeneration.

Plants provide us with many gifts and there are Indigenous teachings that offer guidance in return.

These ongoing practices of reciprocity can similarly guide us in nurturing our communities in relation to all beings.

Sweetgrass braid (Hierochloe odorata)

Visit outdoor displays of plants to explore how Indigenous Peoples and their reverent and reciprocal relationships with plants demonstrate how to survive, thrive, and ensure the well-being of all life for future generations.

California white sage (Saliva apiana)

White pine (Pinus strobus)

Western red cedar (Thuja plicata)

VEGETABLE GARDEN

ENTRANCE WALK

Gayogo̱ hó:nǫˀ heritage plants grow from seeds passed down through generations over hundreds of years.

Look for plant labels in front of this building that share the gifts each plant provides.