{"id":59,"date":"2015-06-25T20:54:37","date_gmt":"2015-06-25T20:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader1\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=59"},"modified":"2022-08-10T18:02:10","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T18:02:10","slug":"sweetgrass","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader1\/chapter\/sweetgrass\/","title":{"raw":"Sweetgrass","rendered":"Sweetgrass"},"content":{"raw":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Click play on the following audio player to listen along as you read this section.<\/p>\r\nhttps:\/\/media.bccampus.ca\/id\/0_t767uumx?width=608&amp;height=70&amp;playerId=23449753\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-418 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2015\/08\/Sweetgrass1-1024x739.jpg\" alt=\"A teenager sits on the street beside a backpack. A cardboard sign says, &quot;Hungry. Anything helps. Thanks!&quot;\" width=\"1024\" height=\"739\" \/>\r\n<p class=\"page-break-after\">Max used to live on the street.\u00a0Now he lives in a house for other kids from the street.<\/p>\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-420 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2015\/08\/Sweetgrass2-1024x658.jpg\" alt=\"A teenager smiles at a man. They both sit on a bench.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"658\" \/>\r\n<p class=\"page-break-after\">One of the workers at the house is named Dan. Dan is Cree like Max.<\/p>\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-426 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2015\/08\/Sweetgrass3-1024x743.jpg\" alt=\"A teenager and a man kneel in tall grass. The man reaches down and touches the grass.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"743\" \/>\r\n<p class=\"page-break-after\">One day, Dan takes Max to pick sweetgrass. They walk out onto the wetland.\u00a0The sweetgrass is very tall. It bends when they step on it. But it does not break. Dan says, \u201cThe sweetgrass tells us to be kind when we are hurt.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-422 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2015\/08\/sweetgrass4-1024x737.jpg\" alt=\"A teenager and man pick tall grass, leaving the roots in the earth.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"737\" \/>\r\n<p class=\"page-break-after\">Dan asks the sweetgrass if he can pick it. Then Dan and Max pick what they need. They leave the roots in the land. This way, the sweetgrass will grow again next year.<\/p>\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-428 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2015\/08\/Sweetgrass5-1024x741.jpg\" alt=\"A teenager holds a long grass braid, grinning.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"741\" \/>\r\n<p class=\"page-break-after\">After that, they make the sweetgrass into a braid. Dan tells Max that sweetgrass takes away bad feelings. It makes room for happy feelings.\u00a0So Max keeps the sweetgrass close.<\/p>","rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Click play on the following audio player to listen along as you read this section.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"kaltura_player\" title=\"Sweetgrass Audio\" src=\"https:\/\/api.ca.kaltura.com\/p\/148\/sp\/14800\/embedIframeJs\/uiconf_id\/23449753\/partner_id\/148?iframeembed=true&#38;playerId=kaltura_player&#38;entry_id=0_t767uumx&#38;flashvars[leadWithHTML5]=true&#38;flashvars[streamerType]=auto&#38;flashvars[localizationCode]=en&#38;flashvars[sideBarContainer.plugin]=true&#38;flashvars[sideBarContainer.position]=left&#38;flashvars[sideBarContainer.clickToClose]=true&#38;flashvars[chapters.plugin]=true&#38;flashvars[chapters.layout]=vertical&#38;flashvars[chapters.thumbnailRotator]=false&#38;flashvars[streamSelector.plugin]=true&#38;flashvars[EmbedPlayer.SpinnerTarget]=videoHolder&#38;flashvars[dualScreen.plugin]=true&#38;flashvars[Kaltura.addCrossoriginToIframe]=true&#38;wid=0_k26xlhfl\" width=\"608\" height=\"70\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" sandbox=\"allow-downloads allow-forms allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation allow-pointer-lock allow-popups allow-modals allow-orientation-lock allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-presentation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-418 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2015\/08\/Sweetgrass1-1024x739.jpg\" alt=\"A teenager sits on the street beside a backpack. A cardboard sign says, &quot;Hungry. Anything helps. 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They both sit on a bench.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2015\/08\/Sweetgrass2-1024x658.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2015\/08\/Sweetgrass2-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2015\/08\/Sweetgrass2-65x42.jpg 65w, https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2015\/08\/Sweetgrass2-225x145.jpg 225w, https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2015\/08\/Sweetgrass2-350x225.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"page-break-after\">One of the workers at the house is named Dan. Dan is Cree like Max.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-426 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2015\/08\/Sweetgrass3-1024x743.jpg\" alt=\"A teenager and a man kneel in tall grass. The man reaches down and touches the grass.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"743\" srcset=\"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2015\/08\/Sweetgrass3-1024x743.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2015\/08\/Sweetgrass3-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2015\/08\/Sweetgrass3-65x47.jpg 65w, https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2015\/08\/Sweetgrass3-225x163.jpg 225w, https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2015\/08\/Sweetgrass3-350x254.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"page-break-after\">One day, Dan takes Max to pick sweetgrass. They walk out onto the wetland.\u00a0The sweetgrass is very tall. It bends when they step on it. But it does not break. Dan says, \u201cThe sweetgrass tells us to be kind when we are hurt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-422 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2015\/08\/sweetgrass4-1024x737.jpg\" alt=\"A teenager and man pick tall grass, leaving the roots in the earth.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2015\/08\/sweetgrass4-1024x737.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2015\/08\/sweetgrass4-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2015\/08\/sweetgrass4-65x47.jpg 65w, https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2015\/08\/sweetgrass4-225x162.jpg 225w, https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2015\/08\/sweetgrass4-350x252.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"page-break-after\">Dan asks the sweetgrass if he can pick it. Then Dan and Max pick what they need. They leave the roots in the land. This way, the sweetgrass will grow again next year.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-428 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2015\/08\/Sweetgrass5-1024x741.jpg\" alt=\"A teenager holds a long grass braid, grinning.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"741\" srcset=\"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2015\/08\/Sweetgrass5-1024x741.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2015\/08\/Sweetgrass5-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2015\/08\/Sweetgrass5-65x47.jpg 65w, https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2015\/08\/Sweetgrass5-225x163.jpg 225w, https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2015\/08\/Sweetgrass5-350x253.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"page-break-after\">After that, they make the sweetgrass into a braid. Dan tells Max that sweetgrass takes away bad feelings. It makes room for happy feelings.\u00a0So Max keeps the sweetgrass close.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"menu_order":1,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-59","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":3,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/59","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/59\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":823,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/59\/revisions\/823"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/3"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/59\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=59"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=59"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=59"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}