Barbara Lawrence is a longtime friend, a Suquamish elder, and a gifted storyteller. Last weekend she told Suquamish stories at Benaroya Hall in Seattle. In every story, she made reference to “the plant people, the animal people, and the human people.”
That repeated reference to the “Plant People” mirrors a view produced by a growing body of recent scientific inquiry.
A new book, The Light Eaters, by Zoe Schlanger, reports that botanical researchers have found more evidence that plants are “intelligent;” that they have “agency,” and that they communicate with one another. …