Question
What awards has Robin Wall Kimmerer won?
Short answer
She was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2022 and received the National Humanities Medal in 2023. Her earlier book Gathering Moss won the John Burroughs Medal.
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Robin Wall Kimmerer
Robin Wall Kimmerer is a Potawatomi botanist who teaches plant ecology at SUNY and founded the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment. Her book Braiding Sweetgrass argues that Indigenous knowledge and scientific knowledge belong together. She was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2022 and received the National Humanities Medal in 2023.
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