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Joseph Bruchac (born October 16, 1942) is an American writer and storyteller based in New York. He writes about Indigenous peoples of the Americas, with a particular focus on northeastern Native American lives and folklore. He has published poetry, novels, and short stories. Some of his notable works include the novel Dawn Land (1993) and its sequel, Long River (1995), both of which feature a young Abenaki man before European contact. Early life and background Bruchac was raised in Saratoga Springs, New York. He identifies as being of Abenaki, English, and Slovak ancestry. Joseph Bruchac is a member of the Nulhegan Abenaki Nation, a state-recognized tribe in Vermont. His claims, and the Nulhegan Abenaki Nation's claims, to Abenaki identity have been contested by Abenaki First Nations leaders, including by the Odanak First Nation in Quebec. Education Bruchac holds a bachelor's degree in English literature from Cornell University, a master's degree in literature and creative writing from Syracuse, and a PhD in comparative literature from the Union Institute & University of Ohio. Career Writing Bruchac is a writer and storyteller, who published more than 120 books. Much of his work explores Abenaki identity and Native storytelling. He began publishing in 1971 and has collaborated on eight books with his son Jim. In 1999, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Native Writers' Circle of the Americas.Coauthor with Michael J. Caduto of the Keepers of the Earth series, Bruchac's poems, articles and stories have appeared in over 500 publications, from Akwesasne Notes and The American Poetry Review to National Geographic Magazine and Parabola. He has edited a number of anthologies of contemporary poetry and fiction, including Songs from this Earth on Turtle's Back, Breaking Silence (winner of an American Book Award) and Returning the Gift. As one of the founders of the Wordcraft Circle of Native American Writers and Storytellers, he has helped Native American authors and authors who identify as being of Native descent get their work published. For more than five decades, he has been a part of Native American literary networks in the Northeast and across the continent, advocating for reciprocal relationships that connect writers, archives, and communities.With his late wife, Carol, he founded the Greenfield Review Literary Center and the Greenfield Review Press. Musician Bruchac is also a performing storyteller and musician. He plays several instruments, including the hand drum, Native American flute, and the double wooden flute, which produces two notes at the same time. He performs with his sister, Marge Bruchac, and his sons, Jim and Jesse, as part of The Dawnland Singers. Teacher Bruchac volunteered as a teacher in Ghana for four years. He subsequently taught writing classes for maximum security prisoners as part of a program run by Skidmore College. Personal life Bruchac lives in Porter Corners, a hamlet in the town of Greenfield, New York. Bruchac has studied various martial arts. He has black belts in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and karate and runs martial arts classes. Works Indian mountain, and other poems, by Joseph Bruchac (1971) The Buffalo in the Syracuse Zoo and other poems, by Joseph Bruchac (1972) The poetry of pop, by Joe (Joseph) Bruchac (1973) Great Meadow: Words of hearsay and heresy, byJoseph Bruchac (1973) The Manabozho poems, by Joseph Bruchac (1974) Turkey Brother, and other tales: Iroquois folk stories, as told by Joseph Bruchac, illustrated by Kahonhes (Kahionhes) (1975) Flow, by Joseph Bruchac (1975) The Eoad to Black Mountain: A Novel, by Joseph Bruchac (1976) Garter snakes / Joseph Bruchac (1976) Mu'ndu Wi-'go: Ooems from Mohegan stories and the Mohegan diary of Flying Bird (Mrs. Fidelia A. H. Fielding), by Joseph Bruchac (1978) There are no trees inside the prison Joseph Bruchac (1978) Dreams of Jesse Brown, by Joseph Bruchac. (1978) Stone giants & flying heads: Adventure stories of the Iroquois, as told by Joseph Bruchac, illustrated by Kahonhes (Kahionhes) and Brascoupé (1979) The good message of Handsome Lake, by Joseph Bruchac (1979) How to start and sustain a literary magazine: practical strategies for publications of lasting value, by Joseph Bruchac (1980) Iroquois stories: heroes and heroines, monsters and magic, as told by Joseph Bruchac ; illustrated by Daniel Burgevin (1985) Survival this way: interviews with American Indian poets / Joseph Bruchac (1987) Near the mountains, by Joseph Bruchac (1987) Keepers of the earth: Native American stories and environmental activities for children, by Michael J. Caduto and Joseph Bruchac, foreword by N. Scott Momaday (Kiowa), illustrations by John Kahionhes Fadden (Mohaw) and Carol Wood (1988) (1997) The faithful hunter: Abenaki stories / as told by Joseph Bruchac ; illustrations by Kahionhes. (1988) Return of the sun: Native American tales from the Northeast Woodlands, by Joseph Bruchac; illustrations by Gary Carpenter. (1989) Long memory and other poems, by Joseph Bruchac ; illustrations, Kahionhes ; translation, Hartmut Lutz = Langes Gedächtnis und andere Gedichte, by Joseph Bruchac ; Illustrationen, Kahionhes ; Übersetzung, Hartmut Lutz. (1989) Native American stories / told by Joseph Bruchac ; illustrations by John Kahionhes Fadden. (1991) Hoop snakes, hide behinds, and side-hill winders: tall tales from the Adirondacks / by Joseph Bruchac; illustrated by Tom Trujillo. (1991) Keepers of the animals: Native American stories and wildlife activities for children / Michael J. Caduto and Joseph Bruchac; foreword by Vine Deloria, Jr.; story illustrations by John Kahionhes Fadden and David Kanietakeron Fadden; chapter illustrations by D.D. Tyler and Carol Wood. (1991) Turtle meat and other stories, by Joseph Bruchac ; illustrations by Murv Jacob. (1992) Native American animal stories, told by Joseph Bruchac ; foreword by Vine Deloria, Jr. ; illustrations by John Kahionhes Fadden and David Kanietakeron Fadden. (1992) Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Back: a Native American Year of Moons, by Joseph Bruchac and Jonathan London; illustrated by Thomas Locker. (1992) Flying with the Eagle, Racing the Great Bear: tales from Native North America, told by Joseph Bruchac. (1993) (2011) The Native American sweat lodge: history and legends, by Joseph Bruchac 1993) Dawn Land: A novel / Joseph Bruchac (1993) Fox song / Joseph Bruchac; illustrated by Paul Morin (1993) The First Strawberries: A Cherokee story, told by Joseph Bruchac, pictures by Anna Vojtech (1993) A boy called Slow: the true story of Sitting Bull / Joseph Bruchac, illustrated by Rocco Baviera (1994) Keepers of the night: Native American stories and nocturnal activities for children, by Michael J. Caduto and Joseph Bruchac; story illustrations by David Kanietakeron Fadden; chapter illustrations by Jo Levasseur and Carol Wood; foreword by Merlin D. Tuttle (1994) The great ball game : a Muskogee story, told by Joseph Bruchac; illustrated b.... Discover the Joseph Bruchac popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Joseph Bruchac books.