Joseph Bruchac (born October 16, 1942) is an American writer and storyteller based in New York. He writes about

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, with a particular focus on northeastern Native American and Anglo-American lives and folklore. He has published

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, 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

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man before European contact.

Early life

Bruchac was raised in

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. He identifies as being of

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, and Slovak ancestry. His grandfather, Jesse Bowman, identified as having Abenaki heritage. Joseph Bruchac is a member of the Nulhegan Abenaki Nation, a

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Education

Bruchac holds a bachelor's degree in English literature from

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, a master's degree in literature and creative writing from Syracuse, and a Ph.D. in

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from the

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Writing

Bruchac is a prolific 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

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."Lifetime Achievemenet Awards from the Native Writers Circle of America"
''Storytellers: Native American Authors Online'' (hanksville.org/storytellers). Retrieved 6 August 2010. In 2019, his book ''Squanto's Journey: The Story of the First Thanksgiving'' published in 2000 by Harcourt Brace was listed as 'Not Recommended' by

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from the organization American Indians in Children's Literature. 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 ''

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'' to ''

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'' and ''

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''. 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 numerous Native American authors and authors who identify as being of Native descent get their work published.

Personal life

Bruchac lives in Porter Corners, a hamlet in the town of

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. Bruchac is also a performing storyteller and musician. He plays several instruments, including the hand drum,

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, 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. Bruchac volunteered as a teacher in

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for four years. For eight years, he directed a

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college program for inside a maximum security prison. With his late wife, Carol, he founded the Greenfield Review Literary Center and the Greenfield Review Press. Bruchac was a varsity heavyweight wrestler at

. For more than three decades, he has also been a devoted student of the

martial arts Martial arts are codified systems and traditions of combat practiced for a number of reasons such as self-defense; military and law enforcement applications; combat sport, competition; physical, mental, and spiritual development; entertainment; a ...

. He has studied various forms of

T'ai chi Tai chi (), short for Tai chi ch'üan ( zh, s=太极拳, t=太極拳, first=t, p=Tàijíquán, labels=no), sometimes called " shadowboxing", is an internal Chinese martial art practiced for defense training, health benefits and meditation. ...

capoeira Capoeira () is an Afro-Brazilian martial art that combines elements of dance, acrobatics, music and spirituality. Born of the melting pot of enslaved Africans, Indigenous Brazilians and Portuguese influences at the beginning of the 16th century ...

, kung fu wushu, and

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with numerous teachers. His novel ''March Toward the Thunder'' features Native American men who enlisted in the

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; it is based on the experiences of his great-grandfather, Louis Bowman. Joseph Bruchac has also written ''Code talker: A Book About the Navajo Marines''.

Bibliography

* ''Indian mountain, and other poems.'' / Joseph Bruchac. (1971) * ''The Buffalo in the Syracuse Zoo and other poems'' / Joseph Bruchac. (1972) * '' The poetry of pop'' / by Joe (Joseph) Bruchac. (1973) * ''Great Meadow : Words of hearsay and heresy'' / Joseph Bruchac. (1973) * ''The Manabozho poems'' / 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 road to Black Mountain : a novel'' / by Joseph Bruchac. (1976) * ''Garter snakes'' / Joseph Bruchac. (1976) * ''Mu'ndu Wi-'go : poems 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'' / 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'' / Joseph Bruchac. (1979) * ''How to start and sustain a literary magazine : practical strategies for publications of lasting value'' / by Joseph Bruchac. (1980) * ''

Iroquois The Iroquois ( or ), officially the Haudenosaunee ( meaning "people of the longhouse"), are an Iroquoian-speaking confederacy of First Nations peoples in northeast North America/ Turtle Island. They were known during the colonial years to ...

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'' / Joseph Bruchac. (1987) * ''Keepers of the earth : native American stories and environmental activities for children'' / Michael J. Caduto and Joseph Bruchac ; foreword by

N. Scott Momaday Navarre Scott Momaday (born February 27, 1934) is a Kiowa novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. His novel ''House Made of Dawn'' was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1969, and is considered the first major work of the Native ...

; illustrations by John Kahionhes Fadden 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 Hartmut Lutz (born April 26, 1945) is professor emeritus and former chair of American and Canadian studies: Anglophone literatures and cultures of North America at the University of Greifswald, Germany. He is the founder of the Institut für Anglist ...

= ''Langes Gedächtnis und andere Gedichte'' / von 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

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; illustrated by

Thomas Locker Thomas Locker (June 26, 1937 — March 9, 2012) was an American landscape painter and award winning illustrator, and author of Children's literature His oil paintings follow in the tradition of the 19th-century Hudson River School of painting. ...

. (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'' / retold by Joseph Bruchac ; pictures by Anna Vojtech. (1993) * ''A boy called Slow : the true story of

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'' / Joseph Bruchac ; illustrated by Rocco Baviera. (1994) * ''Keepers of the night : Native American stories and nocturnal activities for children'' / 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'' / retold by Joseph Bruchac ; illustrated by Susan L. Roth. (1994) * ''The girl who married the moon : tales from Native North America'' / told by Joseph Bruchac and Gayle Ross. (1994) (2006) * ''Keepers of life : discovering plants through Native American stories and earth activities for children'' / Michael J. Caduto and Joseph Bruchac ; foreword by Marilou Awiakta ; story illustrations by John Kahionhes Fadden and David Kanietakeron Fadden ; chapter illustrations by Marjorie C. Leggitt and Carol Wood. (1994) * ''The earth under Sky Bear's feet : native American poems of the land'' / Joseph Bruchac ; illustrated by Thomas Locker. (1995) * ''Long River : a novel'' / Joseph Bruchac. (1995) * ''The story of the Milky Way : a Cherokee tale'' / by Joseph Bruchac and Gayle Ross ; paintings by Virginia A. Stroud. (1995) * ''The boy who lived with the bears : and other Iroquois stories'' / told by Joseph Bruchac ; illustrated by Murv Jacob. (1995) * ''Gluskabe and the four wishes'' / retold by Joseph Bruchac ; illustrated by Christine Nyburg Shrader. (1995) * ''Dog people : native dog stories'' / Joseph Bruchac. (1995) * ''Roots of survival : Native American storytelling and the sacred'' / Joseph Bruchac. (1996) * ''Between earth & sky : legends of Native American sacred places'' / written by Joseph Bruchac ; illustrated by Thomas Locker. (1996) * ''Four ancestors : stories, songs, and poems from Native North America'' / told by Joseph Bruchac ; pictures by S.S. Burrus. (1996) * ''Children of the longhouse'' / Joseph Bruchac. (1996) * ''Native American gardening : stories, projects, and recipes for families'' / Michael J. Caduto and Joseph Bruchac ; interior illustrations by

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, Adelaide Murphy Tyrol, and Carol Wood ; foreword by

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; preface by Marjorie Waters. (1996) * ''The circle of thanks'' / told by Joseph Bruchac ; pictures by Murv Jacob. (1996) * ''The maple thanksgiving'' / written by Joseph Bruchac ; illustrated by Anna Vojtech. (1996) * ''Eagle song'' / Joseph Bruchac ; pictures by Dan Andreasen. (1997) * ''Many nations : an alphabet of Native America'' / by Joseph Bruchac ; illustrated by Robert F. Goetzl. (1997) * ''Tell me a tale : a book about storytelling'' / Joseph Bruchac. (1997) * ''Lasting echoes : an oral history of Native American people'' / Joseph Bruchac ; assemblage and painting by Paul Morin. (1997) * ''Bowman's store : a journey to myself'' / Joseph Bruchac. (1997) (2001) * ''The heart of a chief : with connections'' / Joseph Bruchac. (1998) * ''The arrow over the door'' / Joseph Bruchac ; pictures by James Watling. (1998) * ''When the Chenoo howls : Native American tales of terror'' / Joseph and James Bruchac ; illustrations by William Sauts Netamux́we Bock. (1998) * ''The waters between : a novel of the dawn land'' / Joseph Bruchac. (1998) * ''Heart of a chief : a novel'' / Joseph Bruchac. (1998) * ''Seeing the circle'' / by Joseph Bruchac ; photographs by

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. (1999) * ''No borders : new poems'' / Joseph Bruchac. (1999) * ''The Trail of Tears'' / by Joseph Bruchac ; illustrated by

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. (1999) * ''

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's journey : the story of the first Thanksgiving'' / Joseph Bruchac ; illustrated by Greg Shed. (2000) * '' Crazy horse's vision'' / by Joseph Bruchac ; illustrated by S.D. Nelson. (2000) * '' Sacajawea : the story of Bird Woman and the Lewis and Clark Expedition'' / Joseph Bruchac. (2000) * ''Native American games and stories'' / James Bruchac and Joseph Bruchac ; illustrations by Kayeri Akweks. (2000) * ''Trails of tears, paths of beauty'' / Joseph Bruchac. (2000) * ''Pushing up the sky : seven native American plays for children'' / Joseph Bruchac ; illustrated by Teresa Flavin. (2000) * ''Skeleton Man'' / Joseph Bruchac. (2001) * ''Journal of Jesse Smoke : a Cherokee boy'' / Joseph Bruchac. (2001) * ''How Chipmunk got his stripes : a tale of bragging and teasing'' / as told by Joseph Bruchac & James Bruchac ; pictures by Jose Aruego & Ariane Dewey. (2001) * ''

Navajo The Navajo (; British English: Navaho; nv, Diné or ') are a Native American people of the Southwestern United States. With more than 399,494 enrolled tribal members , the Navajo Nation is the largest federally recognized tribe in the United ...

long walk : the tragic story of a proud people's forced march from their homeland'' / by Joseph Bruchac ; with illustrations and captions by Shonto Begay. (2002) * ''Winter people'' / Joseph Bruchac. (2002) * ''Seasons of the circle : a Native American year'' / by Joseph Bruchac ; illustrated by Robert F. Goetzl. (2002) * ''Warriors'' / Joseph Bruchac. (2003) * ''Turtle's race with Beaver : a traditional Seneca story'' / as told by Joseph Bruchac & James Bruchac ; pictures by Jose Aruego & Ariane Dewey. (2003) * ''

Pocahontas Pocahontas (, ; born Amonute, known as Matoaka, 1596 – March 1617) was a Native American woman, belonging to the Powhatan people, notable for her association with the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia. She was the daughter of ...

'' / Joseph Bruchac. (2003) (2005) * ''Our stories remember : American Indian history, culture, & values through storytelling'' / Joseph Bruchac. (2003) * ''Can Turtle fly? : a

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folk tale'' / retold by Joseph Bruchac ; illustrated by

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. (2004) * ''

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: preserving a sense of wonder'' / by Thomas Locker & Joseph Bruchac (2004) * ''The dark pond'' / Joseph Bruchac ; illustrations by Sally Wern Comport. (2004) * ''Hidden Roots'' / Joseph Bruchac. (2004) * ''

Jim Thorpe James Francis Thorpe ( Sac and Fox (Sauk): ''Wa-Tho-Huk'', translated as "Bright Path"; May 22 or 28, 1887March 28, 1953) was an American athlete and Olympic gold medalist. A member of the Sac and Fox Nation, Thorpe was the first Native ...

's bright path'' / by Joseph Bruchac ; illustrated by S.D. Nelson. (2004) * ''Raccoon's last race : a traditional Abenaki story'' / Joseph Bruchac & James Bruchac ; pictures by Jose Aruego & Ariane Dewey. (2004) * ''Code talker : a novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two'' / Joseph Bruchac. (2005) * ''Foot of the mountain and other stories'' / Joseph Bruchac; illustrations by Chris Charlebois. (2005) * ''At the end of Ridge Road'' / Joseph Bruchac. (2005) * ''Whisper in the dark'' / Joseph Bruchac; illustrations by Sally Wern Comport. (2005) * ''Wabi: a hero's tale'' / Joseph Bruchac. (2006) * ''Geronimo'' / Joseph Bruchac. (2006) * ''The return of Skeleton Man'' / Joseph Bruchac; illustrations by Sally Wern Comport. (2006) * ''Jim Thorpe: original All-American'' / Joseph Bruchac. (2006) * ''Bearwalker'' / Joseph Bruchac; illustrations by Sally Wern Comport. (2007) * ''March toward the thunder'' / Joseph Bruchac. (2008) * ''Lay-ups and long shots: an anthology of short stories'' / by Joseph Bruchac. (2008) * ''The girl who helped thunder and other Native American folktales'' / retold by James Bruchac and Joseph Bruchac; illustrated by Stefano Vitale. (2008) * ''Buffalo song'' / by Joseph Bruchac ; illustrated by

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. (2008) * ''Night wings'' / Joseph Bruchac; illustrations by Sally Wern Comport. (2009) * ''Dawn land'' / story by Joseph Bruchac; adaptation and art by Will Davis. (2010) * ''My father is taller than a tree'' / by Joseph Bruchac; illustrated by

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. (2010) * ''Wolf mark'' / Joseph Bruchac. (2011) * ''Dragon castle'' / Joseph Bruchac. (2011) * ''Rabbit's snow dance: a traditional Iroquois story'' / as told by James and Joseph Bruchac; illustrated by Jeff Newman. (2012) * ''Killer of Enemies'' / Joseph Bruchac. ( Tu Books, 2013) * ''Walking two worlds'' / Joseph Bruchac. (2015) * ''The Hunter's Promise: An Abenaki Tale '' / By Joseph Bruchac; Illustrated by Bill Farnsworth. (2015) * ''Trail of the dead'' / Joseph Bruchac. (2015) * ''Chenoo: a novel'' / Joseph Bruchac. (2016) * ''Brothers of the buffalo: a novel about the Red River War'' / Joseph Bruchac. (2016) * ''(The) Long Run'' / Joseph Bruchac. (2016) * ''Talking Leaves'' / Joseph Bruchac. (2016) * ''Arrow of lightning'' / Joseph Bruchac. (2017) * ''

Chester Nez Chester Nez (January 23, 1921 – June 4, 2014) was an American veteran of World War II. He was the last surviving original Navajo code talker who served in the United States Marine Corps during the war. Early years Nez was born in Chi Chil Tah ...

and the unbreakable code: a Navajo code talker's story'' / Joseph Bruchac; pictures by Liz Amini-Holmes. (2018) * ''Two roads'' / Joseph Bruchac. (2018) * ''Giving Thanks'' / Joseph Bruchac. In anthology ''Thanku: Poems of Gratitude''. Ed. Miranda Paul, illustrated by Marlena Myles. (2019) * ''Peace Maker'' / Joseph Bruchac. (2021)

Awards and honors

In 1996, Bruchac was awarded the Knickerbocker Award for Juvenile Literature by the New York Library Association. This recognizes "a New York State author who has demonstrated, through a body of work, a consistently superior quality which supports the curriculum and the educational goals of New York State School". Bruchac's 2004 work, ''Jim Thorpe's Bright Path'', won the Carter G. Woodson Book Award in 2005. Other honors include a Rockefeller Humanities fellowship, a National Endowment for the Arts Writing Fellowship for Poetry, the Cherokee Nation Prose Award, the Hope S. Dean Award for Notable Achievement in Children's Literature, and both the 1998 Writer of the Year Award and the 1998 Storyteller of the Year Award from the Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers. He received the annual NWCA Lifetime Achievement Award in 1999.

References

External links

*
Interview with Joseph Bruchac
by Public School Insights, 2008 * * Joseph Bruchac Papers. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. {{DEFAULTSORT:Bruchac, Joseph 1942 births American Book Award winners American children's writers American people of Abenaki descent American people of English descent American people of Slovak descent Carter G. Woodson Book Award winners Cornell University alumni Living people Native American children's writers People from Saratoga Springs, New York People from Greenfield, New York Syracuse University alumni Writers from New York (state) Native American people from New York (state)