{"product_id":"perennial-ceremony-lessons-and-gifts-from-a-dakota-garden-hardcover","title":"Perennial Ceremony: Lessons and Gifts from a Dakota Garden - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTeresa Peterson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTravel through a garden's seasons toward healing, reclamation, and wholeness--for us, and for our beloved relative, the Earth\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e In this rich collection of prose, poetry, and recipes, Teresa Peterson shares how she found refuge from the struggle to reconcile her Christianity and Dakota spirituality, discovering solace and ceremony in communing with the earth. Observing and embracing the cycles of her garden, she awakens to the constant affirmation that healing and wellness can be attained through a deep relationship with land, plants, and waters. Dakota people call this way of seeing and being in the world \u003ci\u003emitakuye owasin: \u003c\/i\u003eall my relations. \u003ci\u003ePerennial Ceremony\u003c\/i\u003e brings us into this relationship, as Peterson guides us through the Dakota seasons to impart lessons from her life as a gardener, gatherer, and lover of the land. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e We see the awakening of \u003ci\u003eWetu\u003c\/i\u003e (spring), a transitional time when nature comes alive and sweet sap flows from maples, and the imperfect splendor of \u003ci\u003eBdoketu\u003c\/i\u003e (summer), when rain becomes a needed and nourishing gift. We share in the harvesting wisdom of \u003ci\u003ePtaŋyetu\u003c\/i\u003e (fall), a time to savor daylight and reap the garden's abundance, and the restorative solitude of \u003ci\u003eWaniyetu\u003c\/i\u003e (winter), when snow blankets the landscape and sharpens every sound. Through it all, Peterson walks with us along the path that both divides and joins Christian doctrine, everyday spiritual experience, and the healing powers of Indigenous wisdom and spirituality. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In this intimate seasonal cycle, we learn how the garden becomes a healing balm. Peterson teaches us how ceremony may be found there: how in the vegetables and flowers, the woods, the hillsides, the river valley--even in the feeding of friends and family--we can reclaim and honor our relationship with Mother Earth. She encourages us to bring perennial ceremony into our own lives, inviting us on a journey that brings us full circle to \u003ci\u003emakoce kiŋ mitakuye: \u003c\/i\u003ethe land is my relative. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Teresa Peterson, \u003ci\u003eUtuhu Cistinna Win, \u003c\/i\u003eis Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota and citizen of the Upper Sioux Community. She is author, with her uncle Walter LaBatte Jr., of \u003ci\u003eVoices from Pejuhutazizi: Dakota Stories and Storytellers\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also author of the children's book \u003ci\u003eGrasshopper Girl\u003c\/i\u003e and a contributor to \u003ci\u003eVoices Rising: Native Women Writers\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.7 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 18, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42694856605792,"sku":"9781517917029","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/6d8f094bfb68adefca1977229893bf4f.webp?v=1775826545","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/perennial-ceremony-lessons-and-gifts-from-a-dakota-garden-hardcover","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}