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height=\"713\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T8FbCxa-UYo?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/dianne-apt\/\">Click here for Dianne Apt discussion prompts.<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size\">You have read Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Please DO NOT ASK where you can go pick sweetgrass<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Wabanaki people sweetgrass is sacred.&nbsp;&nbsp;The locations of picking areas are guarded by the community and pickers have developed reciprocal relationships with the land for generations.&nbsp;&nbsp;Please do 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