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==Early life and background==

==Early life and background==

Bruchac was raised in [[Saratoga Springs, New York]]. He identifies as being of [[Abenaki]], [[English people|English]], and [[Slovak people|Slovak]] ancestry. His grandfather, Jesse Bowman, identified as having Abenaki heritage.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/articles/teaching-content/interview-joseph-bruchac-about-journal-jesse-smoke/|title = An Interview with Joseph Bruchac About the Journal of Jesse Smoke &#124; Scholastic}}</ref> Joseph Bruchac is a member of the [[Nulhegan Abenaki Nation]], a [[state-recognized tribe]] in [[Vermont]].<ref>{{cite web |title=We Are Still Here |url=https://www.vermonthumanities.org/fw2021-we-are-still-here/ |website=Vermont Humanities |date=8 February 2021 |access-date=15 January 2023}}</ref>

Bruchac was raised in [[Saratoga Springs, New York]]. He identifies as being of [[Abenaki]], [[English people|English]], and [[Slovak people|Slovak]] ancestry. His grandfather, Jesse Bowman, identified as having Abenaki heritage.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/articles/teaching-content/interview-joseph-bruchac-about-journal-jesse-smoke/|title = An Interview with Joseph Bruchac About the Journal of Jesse Smoke &#124; Scholastic}}</ref> Joseph Bruchac is a member of the [[Nulhegan Abenaki Nation]], a [[state-recognized tribe]] in [[Vermont]],<ref>{{cite web |title=We Are Still Here |url=https://www.vermonthumanities.org/fw2021-we-are-still-here/ |website=Vermont Humanities |date=8 February 2021 |access-date=15 January 2023}}</ref> but his claims and the organization's claims to Abenaki identity have been contested by Abenaki First Nations leaders and other Indigenous scholars.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Reese |first1=Debbie |title="Is Joseph Bruchac truly Abenaki?" |url=https://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/2023/09/is-joseph-bruchac-truly-abenaki.html?fbclid=IwAR2aMVgoEdX126ETmo-2pHw35C0qUHfK-63PPcSZu17E_vV5JQ_9F4K8FN4 |access-date=6 October 2023 |work=American Indians in Children's Literature |date=September 30, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Churchill |first1=Chris |title=Churchill: Is Joseph Bruchac truly Abenaki? |url=https://www.timesunion.com/churchill/article/churchill-joseph-bruchac-truly-abenaki-18391772.php?IPID=Times-Union-HP-spotlight |access-date=6 October 2023 |work=Times Union |date=September 30, 2023 |location=Albany, NY}}</ref>


==Education==

==Education==

Revision as of 19:22, 25 October 2023

Joseph Bruchac
BornOctober 16, 1942 (1942-10-16) (age 81)
OccupationWriter, educator, storyteller
NationalityAmerican
EducationB.A., Cornell University; M.A., Syracuse U.; Ph.D., Comparative Literature, Union Institute
Period1971–present
GenreFiction, music, poetry
Notable awardsspur award
SpouseCarol Bruchac (deceased)
ChildrenJim Bruchac, Jesse Bruchac
Website
joebruchac.com

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 and Anglo-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. His grandfather, Jesse Bowman, identified as having Abenaki heritage.[1] Joseph Bruchac is a member of the Nulhegan Abenaki Nation, a state-recognized tribeinVermont,[2] but his claims and the organization's claims to Abenaki identity have been contested by Abenaki First Nations leaders and other Indigenous scholars.[3][4]

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 Ph.D. in comparative literature from the Union InstituteofOhio.

Writing

Bruchac is a prolific writer and storyteller, who published more than 120 books. Much of his work explores Abenaki identity and Native storytelling.[5] 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.[6]

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 Debbie Reese from the organization American Indians in Children's Literature.[7]

Coauthor with Michael J. Caduto of the Keepers of the Earth series,[8] Bruchac's poems, articles and stories have appeared in over 500 publications, from Akwesasne Notes and The American Poetry ReviewtoNational 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 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 Greenfield, New York. 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.[9]

Bruchac volunteered as a teacher in Ghana for four years. For eight years, he directed a Skidmore College college program for inside a maximum security prison. [10] With his late wife, Carol, he founded the Greenfield Review Literary Center and the Greenfield Review Press.[citation needed]

Bruchac was a varsity heavyweight wrestler at Cornell University. For more than three decades, he has also been a devoted student of the martial arts. He has studied various forms of T'ai chi, capoeira, kung fu wushu, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu with numerous teachers. [11]

His novel March Toward the Thunder features Native American men who enlisted in the American Civil War; 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.[12]

Works

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".[13]

Bruchac's 2004 work, Jim Thorpe's Bright Path, won the Carter G. Woodson Book Award in 2005.[14]

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.[6]

References

  1. ^ "An Interview with Joseph Bruchac About the Journal of Jesse Smoke | Scholastic".
  • ^ "We Are Still Here". Vermont Humanities. 8 February 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  • ^ Reese, Debbie (September 30, 2023). ""Is Joseph Bruchac truly Abenaki?"". American Indians in Children's Literature. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  • ^ Churchill, Chris (September 30, 2023). "Churchill: Is Joseph Bruchac truly Abenaki?". Times Union. Albany, NY. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  • ^ "Joseph Bruchac". Poetry Foundation. 5 January 2022.
  • ^ a b "Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Native Writers Circle of America". Storytellers: Native American Authors Online (hanksville.org/storytellers). Retrieved 6 August 2010.
  • ^ "Not Recommended: SQUANTO'S JOURNEY: THE STORY OF THE FIRST THANKSGIVING". American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL). 7 November 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  • ^ Google Books search for "Keepers of the Earth". Retrieved 21 November 2009.
  • ^ Buell, Bill (24 May 2009). "Q & A: American Indian heritage is a big part of storyteller's work". Daily Gazette. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  • ^ Buell, Bill (24 May 2009). "Q & A: American Indian heritage is big part of storyteller's work". Daily Gazette. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  • ^ Gustafson Barlette, Kristi (13 July 2021). "20 things you don't know about me: James Bruchac, author and storyteller". Times Union. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  • ^ Bruchac, Joseph (2006). Code Talker. New York: Speak. ISBN 0-14-240596-5.
  • ^ New York Library Association. Archived 2012-05-29 at the Wayback Machine
  • ^ "Carter G. Woodson Book Award and Honor Winners". National Council for the Social Studies. 2008-06-03. Retrieved January 3, 2019.

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