Origin Story
True or False: The Three Sisters are a gardening technique used by Indigenous peoples.
True
What books did we connect the Three Sisters to?
- Marrow Thieves
- Theory of Crows
- Moon of Crusted Snow
-Moon of the Turning Leaves
What is one of the central ideas in Braiding Sweetgrass?
Reciprocity
What 3 vegetables do the Three Sisters represent?
Corn,Bean and Squash
Which author visited MCI to speak, and which of their books have we read in class?
The Three Sisters goes beyond just agriculture, it is also used as a…?
Metaphor.
Which vegetable represents which sibling?(Oldest,Middle and Youngest)
Corn→ Oldest
Beans → Middle
Squash → Youngest
What were the 2 themes from Theory of Crows and The Three Sisters that connected?
Relationships
Respect
What is the lesson that The Three Sisters teaches us?
How we can live more thoughtfully and sustainably with the world around us.
What did the strangers do for The Three Sisters
The strangers who took these women in fed these women generously with what they had left.
How is the theme of relationships highlighted throughout Marrow Thieves?
- Frenchie is out by himself and a group of “misfits” take him in, he learns and grows with this group and very shortly after, considers them family. Frenchie experiences hardships throughout the book, but his new found family takes care of him.
- This is very similar to the three sisters story, the corn, beans and squash are always there for each other and support them no matter what they are going through.
Why do we express our gratitude?
It is very respectful and it is important in Indigenous culture.
As a gift to the strangers how did the Sisters show generosity?
“ As a gift for these strangers generosity these women revealed themselves as –corn beans, and squash and gave themselves to people in a bundle of seeds so that they might never go hungry again.”(Kimmer)
What was the name of the author who wrote Moon of the Crusted Snow and Moon of the Crusted Leaves?
What groups were mentioned in the land acknowledgements ?
- Mississaugas of the Anishinaabe
- The Haudenosaunee Confederacy
- The Wendat
- First Nations
-Métis
- Inuit peoples