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Apr
29

Bridging the Gap

Planting Possibilities 2026
Luncheon Keynote
In Person Event, Kansas City, MO
Open to the Public: Event Website

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May
2

The Episcopal Diocese of Central New York

Gathering for a day of Social Justice
Centered around Climate Care
In Person Event
Open to the Public: Event Website

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May
13

Hennepin County Library

The Mary Ann Key Book Club: A Conversation with Robin Wall Kimmerer
The Serviceberry
In Person Event: Minneapolis, MN
Open to the Public: Event Website

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May
15

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

WHOI Indigenous Knowledge Program (IKP) Seminar
The Fortress, The River and The Garden: A New Metaphor for Knowledge Symbiosis
In Person Event
Open to the Public: Event Website

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May
30

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society

Root Song Panel Discussion: Robin Wall Kimmerer & Suzanne Simard
In Person Event: Philadelphia, PA
Open to the Public: Event Website

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Jun
6

Adirondack Center for Writing

Kickass Writers Festival
In Person Event: Saranac Lake, NY
Open to the Public: Event Website

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Jun
18

Yerkes Observatory

Public Lecture
In Person Event
Open to the Public: Event Website

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Jul
23

Clayton Opera House

Lecture Series
Braiding Sweetgrass
In Person Event: Event Website

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Aug
1
to Aug 2

Indigipalooza

Keynote Event & Panel Discussion
Plant Baby Plant
In Person Event: Missoula, MT
Open to the Public: Event Website

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Sep
5

Ghost Ranch

Full Day Program and Workshops
The Serviceberry & Moving Beyond Gratitude: Our Responsibility to Develop a New Narrative for our World
In Person Event: Event Website

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Sep
23

Saulteau First Nations

“Healing the Land” Conference: Reclaim, Restore, Recover
Restoration and Reciprocity: Healing Relationships With the Natural World
Virtual Appearance
Open to the Public: Event Website

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Oct
2

Coastal Foodshed

Keynote Address
The Serviceberry
In Person Event: Westport, MA
Open to the Public: Event Website

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Nov
2

Bard College

Annual “Distinguished Scientist Lecture” & First Year Seminar Plenary Session
Braiding Sweetgrass
On Campus Event, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
By Invitation Only: Private Event

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Nov
4

The College of Wooster

The Peter Mortensen Lecture
First Year Summer Reading Program
The Serviceberry
On Campus Event: Wooster, OH
Open to the Public: Event Website

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Apr
16
to Apr 17

Calvin Center for Faith & Writing

Festival of Faith & Writing
On Campus Event
Open to the Public: Event Website

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Apr
13

Rice University

Marian Fox Martel Distinguished Lecture in Gender and Science & Walter Isle Memorial Lecture
On Campus Event
Open to the Public: Event Website

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Mar
27

Bowling Green State University

In the Round: A Speaker Series Featuring Native Creatives
Braiding Sweetgrass
On Campus Event
Open to the Public: Event Website

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Mar
25

University of Portland

Schoenfeldt Distinguished Writers Series
Read UP
Braiding Sweetgrass
On Campus Event
Open to the Public: Event Website

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Mar
13

Cary Institute

Book Signing, Reception, Lecture & Q&A
In Person Event: Millbrook, NY
Open to the Public: Event Website

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Mar
10

School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Visiting Artists Program Lecture Series
Braiding Sweetgrass
Virtual Event
Open to the Public: Event Website

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Mar
8
to Mar 9

Wellesley College & Mass Audubon

Keynote Lecture & Q&A with Robin Wall Kimmerer
All Flourishing is Mutual: The Serviceberry
On Campus Event: Wellesley, MA
Open to the Public: The talk is now sold out. We are thrilled to offer a livestream of the in-person event! There is no registration required to attend the livestream. Go to http://wellesley.edu/live to view the talk.

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Mar
7

Grace Farms Foundation

Grace Farms Lectures
”We All Build”
In Person Event
Open to the Public: Event Website

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Feb
17
to Feb 19

Iolani School

Keables Scholar Residency
Braiding Sweetgrass
On Campus Event
By Invitation Only: Private Event

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Dec
9

Choate Rosemary Hall

Phillips Speaker Series
On Campus Event
Private Event, by invitation only: Event Website

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Dec
2

Queens University - Gambrell Center

Connected Campus 2025 - Our Relationship to the Natural World
The Serviceberry
On Campus Event
Open to the Public: Event Website

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Nov
25

Franklin-Essex-Hamilton BOCES

Braiding Sweetgrass
Virtual Talk
Open to the Public: Event Website

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Nov
8

Mitchell Museum of the American Indian

Mitchell Museum Annual Benefit
”Successes in elevating traditional ecological knowledge and Indigenous Science with Western science”
Open to the public: Event Website

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Nov
7

UW Madison Nursing School

Native Nations, Nursing, Helpers and Healers Summit 2025 (NNNHHS)
Culture as Medicine
On Campus Event
Open to the Public: Event Website

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Nov
5

Furman University: Furman Humanities Center

Just Environments: Robin Wall Kimmerer & Native Futures
Braiding Sweetgrass
On Campus Event
Event Website

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Oct
25

Syracuse-Onondaga Food Systems Alliance

3rd Annual Food Justice Gathering
”Interwoven”
In person event
Event Website

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Oct
13

Chicago Humanities Festival

The Morton Arboretum
The Serviceberry
In Person Event
Open to the Public: Event Website

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Oct
11

Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods

Annual Smith Nature Symposium Awards Dinner
Embracing both Indigenous & Scientific knowledge
In-Person Event
Event Website

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Oct
9

Milkweed Editions, Inc

Book Lovers Ball
Braiding Sweetgrass
By Invitation Only
Private Event

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Oct
8

Milkweed Editions

All Flourishing is Mutual
Robin Wall Kimmerer & Ada Limón
In Person Event: Event Website
Tickets open for presale to members June 18-19th; open for all June 20th…Click Here

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Sep
30

Faith in Place

Annual Environment & Spirituality Summit
The Serviceberry
Virtual Visit (CST)
Open to the Public: Event Website

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Sep
25

YWCA Madison

Racial Justice Summit
What it means and what it takes to create a world where we all truly belong to each other and the Earth
Virtual Event
Open to the Public: Event Website

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Sep
24

SUNY Oswego

Oswego Reading Initiative
Braiding Sweetgrass
On Campus Event
Open to the Public: Event Website

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Sep
5

Enoch Pratt Free Library

Robin Wall Kimmerer: “Bud Finds Her Gift”
In Person Event - Publisher Supported
Open to the Public: Event Website

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Sep
4

First United Methodist Church

Literati Presents: Robin Wall Kimmerer @ FUMC Ann Arbor
In Conversation with Deb Pilutti
In Person Event - Publisher Supported
Open to the Public: Event Website

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Sep
3

Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures

Words & Pictures
In Person Event - Publisher Supported
Open to the Public: Event Website

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Sep
2

Brooklyn Heights Library

In Conversation with Linda Sue Park
In Person Event - Publisher Supported
Open to the Public: Event Website

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Aug
9
to Aug 10

National Writers Series of Traverse City

A Visit with Mindimooyenh Healing Circle members & the Grand Traverse Band
NWS On-Stage Conversation & Summer Gala
The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
In Person Event: Event Website

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Aug
7

Bay View Association

Keynote Address
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teaching of Plants
In Person Event
Open to the Public: Event Website

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Jul
18

ACES (Aspen Center for Environmental Studies)

Evening on the Lake
In person event
Event Website

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