Exploring Plant-Human Relationships Among Indigenous University Students Using a Circle Method

• Main Author: Adair, Tiffany
• Other Authors: Kelly, Sean, Landman, Karen
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Guelph 2023
• Subjects: Indigenous; Indigenous student; sharing circle; talking circle; plant relationships; plants; colonization; reconciliation; earth emotions; ecological grief; kinship; more-than-human; plant-human relationships; circle method; landscape architecture; landscape design; climate change; turtle island; reclamation; First Nations; Inuit; Metis; Turtle Island; inuit
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10214/27510

Objectified in mainstream society, plants are often undervalued for their essential roles in ecological and human health, undermining efforts to protect their habitat. Traditionally, many Turtle Island Indigenous cultures have views of plants as autonomous beings that are as worthy of respect as any...