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Joseph Bruchac
, 1942-
Joseph Bruchac was born in 1942, in Saratoga Springs, NY. He obtained his Ph.D at the Union Graduate School in 1975. He is the author of more than thirty books of poetry, Native American folktales and legends. He is a member of the Poetry Society of America (PEN).
Awards and Honors
New York State Arts Council grant, 1972
American Book Award before Columbus Foundation, 1984.
Wordcraft Circle Writer of the Year (Prose - Autobiography) award, 1998 (for Bowman's Store).
Wordcraft Circle Storyteller of the Year (Traditional Native Stories) award, 1998.
Online resources by or about Joseph Bruchac:
Authors Online Biography: Joseph Bruchac
Author: Scholastic Inc.
Type: authorbio
Description: Scholastic's site about Bruchac includes a biography, booklist, and interview transcript.
URL: http://teacher.scholastic.com/authorsandbooks/authors/bruchac/bio.htm
A Chat With Joseph Bruchac
Author: A.Word.A.Day
Type: authorbio
Description: Transcript of a Jan 10, 2001 online chat with Bruchac on the topic of "Poetry: The heartbeat knows no borders."
URL: http://www.wordsmith.org/chat/bruchac.html
An Interview with Joseph Bruchac
Author: Eliza T. Dresang
Type: authorbio
Description: Transcription of a phone interview with Bruchac by Eliza T. Dresang, made on October 22, 1999, "to accompany the October discussion of Native American literature for children and teenagers on CCBC-Net."
URL: http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/bruchac.htm
Meet Joseph Bruchac
Author: Houghton Mifflin
Type: authorbio
Description: A Houghton Mifflin profile of the author.
URL: http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/bruchac.html
The Ndakinna Wilderness Project
Author: Ndakinna Wilderness Project
Type: authorbio
Description: Bruchac is the Director of this program. The web site includes biographical information on the author.
URL: http://www.ndakinna.com/
Books by Joseph Bruchac:
Bruchac, Joseph. Aftermath : an anthology of poems in English from Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean
Greenfield Center, N.Y. : Greenfield Review Press, 1977.
Genre: Anthology
Description: 257 p. ; 23 cm.
Co-edited by Roger Weaver. With introductory essays by G. S. Sharat Chandra, Osmond Enekwe and Bruce St. John.
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 0912678224
Bruchac, Joseph. Aniyunwiya / real human beings : an anthology of contemporary Cherokee prose
Greenfield Center, N.Y. : Greenfield Review Press, c1995.
Genre: Fiction
Description: 299 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Writings by 23 Cherokee authors, teachers and storytellers.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references. American prose literature--Indian authors. Cherokee Indians--Social life and customs--Fiction. Cherokee Indians--Literary collections.
Audience: All Ages
ISBN: 0912678925
Bruchac, Joseph. The arrow over the door
New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 1998.
Genre: Fiction
Description: 89 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Audience: Youth
ISBN: 0803720785
Bruchac, Joseph. Bowman's store : a journey to myself
New York : Dial Books, 1997.
Genre: Autobiography
Description: 311 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 0803719973
Bruchac, Joseph. A boy called Slow : the true story of Sitting Bull
New York : Philomel Books, 1994.
Genre: Biography
Description: 1 v. (unpaged) ; col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Illustrated by Rocco Baviera Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Juvenile literature Dakota IndiansJuvenile literature
Audience: Youth
ISBN: 0399226923
Bruchac, Joseph. The boy who lived with the bears : and other Iroquois stories
New York : Harper Collins Publishers, 1995.
Genre: Poetry
Description: 63 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Illustrated by Murv Jacob Summary: Presents a collection of traditional Iroquois tales in which animals learn about the importance of caring and responsibility and the dangers of selfishness and pride. Iroquois Indians--Folklore Legends--New York (State)
Audience: All Ages
ISBN: 006021287X
Bruchac, Joseph. Breaking silence : an anthology of contemporary Asian American poets
Greenfield Center, N.Y. : Greenfield Review Press , 1983.
Genre: Poetry
Description: 295 p. : 22 cm. Edited by Joseph Bruchac.
American poetry--Asian-American authors. American poetry--20th century.
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 0912678593
Bruchac, Joseph. Crazy horse's vision
New York : Lee & Low Books, 2000.
Genre: Biography
Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Audience: Youth
ISBN: 1880000946
Bruchac, Joseph. Dawn land
Golden, Colorado : Fulcrum Pub., 1993.
Genre: Fiction
Description: 317 p. : 1 map ; 24 cm. An Abenaki hunter must save his tribe from the Ancient Ones.
Adventure stories Man, Prehistoric--Fiction Abenaki Indians--Fiction
ISBN: 155591134X
Bruchac, Joseph. Dog people : native dog stories
Golden, Colorado : Fulcrum Pub., 1995.
Genre: Fiction
Description: 63 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Illustrated by Murv Jacob Summary : A series of stories, set in the northern New England ten thousand years abo, about the special relationship between the Abenaki people and the dogs who were their faithful friends. Contents: Now hear my story -- How the dogs became companions to the peopls -- The tracks of the giant bear -- Dog people -- Lost in the snow -- The dangerous stranger.
Audience: All Ages
ISBN: 1555912281 (hc)
Bruchac, Joseph. Eagle song
New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 1997.
Genre: Fiction
Description: 80 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Audience: Youth
ISBN: 0803719183
Bruchac, Joseph. The earth under sky bear's feet : Native American poems of the land
New York : Philomel Books,, 1995.
Genre: Poetry
Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 039922713X
Bruchac, Joseph. The faithful hunter : Abenaki stories
Greenfield Center, N.Y. : Greenfield Review Press, 1988.
Genre: Folklore
Description: 61 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
ISBN: 0912678755
Bruchac, Joseph. The First Strawberries
New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 1993.
Genre: Folklore
Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Audience: Youth
ISBN: 0803713312
Bruchac, Joseph. Flow
Austin, Texas : Cold Mountain, 1975.
Genre: Poetry
Description: 23 p. ill.
ISBN: 0915496003
Bruchac, Joseph. Flying with eagle, racing the bear : stories from Native north america
Bridgewater Books, 1993.
Genre: Short Stories
Description: 128 p. : ill.
Summary : Traditional rites of passage tales of several Native Nations, including Wampanoag, Cherokee, Osage, Lakots, and Tlingit.
Bruchac, Joseph. Fox song
Toronto : Oxford University Press, 1993.
Genre: Fiction
Description: [30] p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Audience: Youth
ISBN: 0195410009
Bruchac, Joseph. The girl who married the moon
Mahwah, N.J. : BridgeWater Books, 1994.
Genre: Folklore
Description: 127 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 0816734801
Bruchac, Joseph. Gluskabe and the four wishes
New York : Cobblehill Books/Dutton, 1995.
Genre: Folklore
Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 22 x 28 cm.
Audience: Youth
ISBN: 0525651640
Bruchac, Joseph. The good message of Handsome Lake
Greensboro : Univorn Press, Inc., 1979.
Genre: Poetry
Description: 60 p.
Summary : Poems inspired by Handsome Lake (Seneca prophet).
Audience: Adult
Bruchac, Joseph. The great ball game
New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 1994.
Genre: Folklore
Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : coll. ill. ; 26 cm.
Audience: Youth
ISBN: 0803715390
Bruchac, Joseph. The heart of a chief : a novel
New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 1998.
Genre: Fiction
Description: 153 p. ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 0803722761
Bruchac, Joseph. How Chipmunk got his stripes : a tale of bragging and teasing
New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 2001.
Genre: Folklore
Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : p., col. ill. ;, 21 x 26 cm.
Co-author: James Bruchac ; Illustratrors: Jose Aruego and Ariane Dewey.
Audience: Youth
ISBN: 0803724047
Bruchac, Joseph. Iroquois stories : heroes and heroines, monsters and magic
Trumansburg, N.Y. : Crossing Press, c1985.
Genre: Fiction
Description: 198 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Illustrated by Daniel Burgevin Summary: An illustrated collection of traditional Iroquois tales about animals, adventures, monsters, and other topics. Iroquois Indians--Folklore
Audience: All Ages
ISBN: 0895941678
Bruchac, Joseph. The journal of Jesse Smoke : a Cherokee boy
New York : Scholastic Inc., 2001.
Genre: Fiction
Audience: Youth
ISBN: 0439121973
Bruchac, Joseph. Keepers of the Night: Native Stories and Nocturnal Activities for Children
Saskatoon : Fifth House Publishers, 1994.
Description: 168pp.
Co-author: Michael J. Caduto
ISBN: 1895618398
Bruchac, Joseph. Last stop : writings from Comstock prison
Greenfield Center, N.Y. : Greenfield Review Press, 1974.
Bruchac, Joseph. Lasting echoes : an oral history of Native American people
San Diego, Calif. : Silver Whistle, 1997.
Genre: Oral History
Description: xx, 148 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Audience: Youth
ISBN: 015201327X
Fawcett, Melissa Jayne; Bruchac, Joseph. Makiawisug : the gift of the little people
Uncasville, CT : Little People Publications, 1997.
Genre: Folklore
Description: 28 p. : p., col ill. ;, 29 cm.
Retold by Melissa Jayne Fawcett and Joseph Bruchac ; illustrated by David Wagner.
Audience: Youth
ISBN: 0965693325
Bruchac, Joseph. Many nations : an alphabet of Native America
Mahwah, N.J. : Bridgewater Books,, 1997.
Genre: Nonfiction
Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 22 x 28 cm.
Audience: Youth
ISBN: 0816743894
Bruchac, Joseph. Native American animal stories
Genre: Fiction
Description: Collection of 24 stories from legends of the Anishinabe, Apache, Cherokee, Choctaw, Cree, Haida, Hopi, Inuit-Inupiaq, Kiowa, Miwok, Mohawk, Nootka, Osage, Papago, Seneca, Sioux, Tlingit, Yaqui and Zuni people.
Audience: All Ages
Bruchac, Joseph. Native American games and stories
Golden, Colo. : Fulcrum Kids, 2000.
Genre: Nonfiction
Description: 82 p. : p., ill. ;, 23 cm.
Co-author: James Bruchac ; Illustratror: Kayeri Akweks.
Audience: Youth
ISBN: 1555919790
Bruchac, Joseph. Native American stories
Golden, Colorado : Fulcrum Pub., 1991.
Genre: Short Stories
Description: Stories and myths about man and nature.
Audience: All Ages
Bruchac, Joseph. The Native American sweat lodge : history & legends
Freedom, CA : Crossing Press, 1993.
Genre: Folklore
Description: 145 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references. Sweatbaths. Legends.
Audience: All Ages
ISBN: 0895946378 (hc.) / 089594636X (pbk.)
Bruchac, Joseph. Native wisdom
San Francisco : HarperSanFrancisco, 1995.
Description: 104 p. ; 13 cm.
ISBN: 0062511726
Bruchac, Joseph. Near the mountains
Fredonia, N.Y. : White Pine Press, 1987.
Genre: Poetry
Description: 63 p. ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 0934834180
Bruchac, Joseph. New voices from the longhouse : anthology of contemporary Iroquois writing
Greenfield Center, N.Y. : Greenfield Review Press, 1989.
Genre: Anthologies
Description: 292 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references. Contributing editors: Maurice Kenny, Karoniaktatie American literature--Indian authors American literature--20th century Iroquois Indians--Literary collections
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 0912678682
Bruchac, Joseph. The next world
Trumansburg, N.Y. : Crossing Press, 1978.
Genre: Poetry
Description: 238 p. ; 21 cm.
Notes : "by 32 Third World Americans." American poetry--Minority authors. American poetry--20th century.
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 0895940094 (pbk.)
Bruchac, Joseph. No borders : new poems
Duluth, Minn. : Holy Cow! Press, 1999.
Genre: Poetry
Description: 101 p. ; 23 cm.
ISBN: 0930100840
Bruchac, Joseph; Revard, Carter. Nuke chronicles
New York : Contract II Publications, 1980.
Genre: Poetry
Description: 20 pages ; 22 cm.
Contributions include "Statement on Energy Policy" by Carter Revard and "Wahsah zeh" by Joseph Bruchac. Collection originally published as a special supplement to Contact II, winter/spring 1980. Nuclear energy--Poetry. Protest poetry, American--20th Century.
Audience: Adult
Bruchac, Joseph. Pushing up the sky : seven native American plays for children
New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 2000.
Genre: Drama
Description: 94 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Audience: Youth
ISBN: 0803721684
Bruchac, Joseph. Raven tells stories : an anthology of contemporary Alaskan native writing
Greenfield Center, N.Y : Greenfield Review Press, 1991.
Genre: Anthologies
Description: xiii, 224 p. : ports. ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 0912678801
Bruchac, Joseph. Return of the sun : Native American tales from the Northeast woodlands
Freedom, CA : Crossing Press, 1989.
Genre: Folklore
Description: 204 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Illustrations by Gary Carpenter. Woodland Indians--Legends. Folklore.
ISBN: 0895943441
Bruchac, Joseph. Returning the gift : poetry and prose from the first North American Native writers' festival
Tucson, Arizona : University of Arizona Press, 1994.
Genre: Poetry / Prose
Description: 369 p. ; 24 cm.
Series : Sun tracks ; v. 29. Contributors : Association for the Study of American Indian Literatures (U.S.). Notes : Festival held in 1992, Norman, Oklahoma. American literature--Indian authors--Congresses.
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 0816513767 0816514860
Bruchac, Joseph. Sacajawea : the story of Bird Woman and the Lewis and Clark Expedition
San Diego, Calif. : Silver Whistle, 2000.
Genre: Biography
Description: 199 p. : maps ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 0152022341
Bruchac, Joseph. Seeing the circle
Katonah, N.Y. : R.C. Owen Publishers, 1999.
Genre: Autobiography
Description: 32 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 1572743271
Bruchac, Joseph. Smoke rising : the Native North American literary companion
Detroit : Visible Ink Press, 1995.
Genre: Anthologies
Description: 464 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Other titles : Native North American literary companion. Other contributors : Janet Witalec and Sharon Malinowski, eds. Notes : Includes bibliographical references and index. Literary collections American literature--Indian authors
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 0787604798
Bruchac, Joseph. Songs from this earth on turtle's back : contemporary American Indian poetry
Greenfield Center, N.Y. : Greenfield Review Press, 1983.
Genre: Poetry
Description: 294 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes : Includes bibliographical references American poetry--Indian authors American poetry--20th century
ISBN: 0912678585 (pbk.)
Bruchac, Joseph. Squanto's journey : the story of the first Thanksgiving
San Diego : Silver Whistle, 2000.
Genre: Fiction
Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : p., col. ill. ;, 23 x 28 cm.
Illustratred by Greg Shed.
Audience: Youth
ISBN: 0152018174
Bruchac, Joseph. The story of the Milky Way : a Cherokee tale
New York : Dial books for Young Readers, 1995.
Genre: Folklore
Description: 1 vol. (unpaged) : ill. ; 28 cm.
Summary : When cornmeal is stolen from an elderly couple, the others in a Cherokee village find a way to drive off the thief. Milky Way--Folklore. Cherokee Indians--Folklore.
Audience: Youth
Bruchac, Joseph. Survival this way : interviews with American Indian poets
Tucson, Arizona : University of Arizona Press, 1987.
Genre: Nonfiction
Description: 363 p. ; 23 cm.
Series : Sun tracks, v. 15 Notes : Bibliography American poetry--Indian authors--History and criticism Poets, American--20th century--Interviews Indians of North America--Interviews Poetry--Authorship
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 0816510245
Bruchac, Joseph. Tell me a tale : a book about storytelling
San Diego, Calif. : Harcourt Brace, 1997.
Genre: Folklore
Description: xvii, 117, [2] p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Audience: Youth
ISBN: 0152012214
Bruchac, Joseph. Thirteen moons on turtle's back
New York : Philomel Books, 1992.
Genre: Poetry
Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Audience: Youth
ISBN: 0399221417
Bruchac, Joseph. The Trail of Tears
New York : Random House, 1999.
Genre: Nonfiction
Description: 46 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Audience: Youth
ISBN: 0679890521
Bruchac, Joseph. Trails of tears, paths of beauty
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, 2000.
Genre: Nonfiction
Description: 199 p. : p., ill. ;, 27 cm.
ISBN: 0792278666
Bruchac, Joseph. Translator's son
Merrick, N.Y. : Cross-Cultural Communications, 1980.
Genre: Poetry
Description: 40 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 0893048097
Bruchac, Joseph. Turtle meat and other stories
Duluth, Minn. : Holy Cow! Press, 1992.
Genre: Short Stories
Description: 119 p. ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 0930100484
Bruchac, Joseph. The waters between : a novel of the dawn land
Hanover, NH : University Press of New England, 1998.
Genre: Fiction
Description: xv, 291 p. : port. ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 0874518814
Bruchac, Joseph. When the Chenoo howls : native American tales of terror
New York : Walker and Co., 1998.
Genre: Folklore
Description: xv, 136 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 0802786383
Bruchac, Joseph. The wind eagle and other Abenaki stories
Greenfield Center, N.Y. : Bowman Books,, 1985.
Genre: Folklore
Description: vi, 34, [5] p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 091267864X
Bruchac, Joseph. Words from the house of the dead : prison writings from Soledad
Trumansburg, N.Y. : Crossing Press, 1974.
Description: 128 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Notes : "A facsimile version of a book, 6:15 unlock--a kite from Soledad, handmade by prisoners &smuggled out / with introductions by Joseph Bruchac &William Witherup and a glossary of joint jargon and additional prison material marked off by borders." Prisoners' writings, AmericanSoledad American literature--20th century
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 0912278463 / 0912278471
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