Lavender and rose corn, red-and-white speckled beans, and teardrop-shaped white squash. “I rolled a few seeds on my wrinkled palm as if I held precious stones. Four women-Rosalie Iron Wing, Gaby Makespeace, Marie Blackbird, and Darlene Kills Deer-share stories of Dakhóta history, water, family, and land. …Just think of the stories these seeds are carrying.”ĭiane Wilson’s novel The Seed Keeper is our Book of the Week. Not just as food, but as an expression of who they were. “The seeds Darlene had given me were saved by generations of women who believed their work was essential to their families’ survival.
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