What is Mast Fruiting?

Trees making nuts at the same time

What lesson does Kimmerer teach from the way pecan trees grow and produce nuts?

Cooperation Between Other Trees

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1
The Honorable Harvest teaches what?
Heroism
Selfless
Romance
Afterlife
2
What did Robin Wall Kimmerer major in at College?
Botany
Environmental Science
Plant Biology
Biology
3
Why do the Potawatomi hold the Gathering of Nations?
Trade Agreements
Conservation of Nature
Gathering as a community
War Planning
4
True or False: The strawberries teach Kimmerer about capitalism and how good it is.
True
False
5
Why do the Potawatomi hold the Gathering of Nations?
Gathering as a community
Conservation of Nature
Trade Agreements
War Planning
6
What is Mast Fruiting?
Plants Blooming
Trees making nuts at the same time
Humans harvesting fruits
Fruits Rotting
7
What happens when Nanabohzo tries to go fishing?
He gets attacked by a cougar
He can't get any fish
He gets a salmon
He fishes a boot
8
What is the idea behind the Honorable Harvest?
Getting everything you can
Taking only what you need
Getting what you need, and selling the rest
Getting nothing
9
Where is home for Skywoman?
Turtle Island
Otter Cove
Wiingaashk
Skyworld
10
What animal helped Skywoman create Earth?
Turtle
Beaver
Loon
Otter
11
What does the author comment about gifts?
Gifts are better when they are expensive
They should come from Earth
Gifts are meaningless
Gifts should take a lot effort to make
12
"When we braid sweetgrass, we are braiding the hair of..... " WHO?
Our ancestors
Mother Earth
Our Mothers
Skywoman
13
What does Skywoman Represent Culturally?
Western Cultural Creation Story
Native American Creation Story
Christian Creation Story
Industrial Creation Story
14
How do trees mast fruit?
Squirrels
Emitting Chemicals
Underground Fungi
Human Intervention
15
What lesson does Kimmerer teach from the way pecan trees grow and produce nuts?
Cooperation Between Other Trees
Survival of Fittest
Biome Effects
Human impacts on Earth

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