Po(sey) Sessions

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I am working on a project that is about the interweaving of the origins of different things. It is about stories. It is about all the ways they shape meaning in our individual lives. And building of these meanings into families, communities, and societies. Origins are about culture and history. And the ones I want to look at for this project embrace passion and memory. Together they can build a synergistic scaffold of understanding. The start, or origin, of this project was a seed in my mind and heart that was nourished and started to grow.  The metaphor works particularly well because I am interested in food and the plants that we rely on for nourishment, but this also the way that narratives and memory work in our life. "Creation of Adam"  by  iProzac  is licensed under  CC BY-SA 2.0 There is the origin of this project. Both in idea and in assignment. The origin of the texts. (Moerman and his sources) The origin stories of the tribes. The loss of...

Distribution of Menominee Plant Uses as Described in the Native American Ethnobotany Database compiled by Daniel Moerman Food Other Drug Dye Fiber

These are additional digital humanities visualization tests for a project looking to explore the types of wild plants used by Native Nations in the Upper Midwest. Immediately after starting this project, I saw how the different ways of looking at information could change how I organized my thoughts about the subject itself.  Each color represents one of the major tribes of the region as represented by the dataset. This data was collection from the Native American Ethnobotany Database. The database was compiled through historical ethnographic and ethnobotanical field work publications.

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When I was reading Tim Frandy’s dissertation I couldn’t help but hear this song over and over in my head. It might be ironic that this to me feels like an Indigenous perspective but actually comes directly from lines in the Bible. Given some of the complex interactions with religious missionaries, in particular Jesuits, and Native Americans, this might not be the best choice of a song to represent their world view, but creep in it did. This version is the first recorded version of Turn! Turn! Turn! This folk song has many renditions, and this one doesn’t sound like the most iconic one from The Byrds. I included this version in my response because the Limeliters was how Lou Gotlieb made the money that he would later use to start and maintain his Morningstar commune outside of San Francisco.  This song and Tim's writing and again when reading Mountain Wolf Woman reminded me of the first seasonal round I ever saw. When I saw this cyclic, seasonal representation of food and li...

Common Sunflower Helianthus annuus. Domestication: approximately 4,000 years ago in North America Native form: Helianthus annuus   Currently has three known variations First written account: 1568, Rembert Dodoens The sunflower is most commonly identified as a flower. It is part of the Asteraceae family. The sunflower played an important role in early American agriculture for many tribes across what is now the United States. Archaeological evidence suggests that propagation of sunflowers predates the spread of maize from Mesoamerica. The crop played an important role in the transition between nomadic and sedentary lifestyles. Sunflowers were used as a part of the Three Sisters agricultural system. They attracted pollinators and are considered on of the other sisters. The scientific name comes from the Greek word helios meaning sun or star and anthos meaning flower. Edible parts : seeds, yellow florets Edible uses : raw, roasted, cooked, dried, ground, oil sour...