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From my teenage years on, I sought out Native elders from many tribal nations and listened to their words. I also started a small press, The Greenfield Review Press, and became very involved with publishing the work of other American Indian authors, especially books of poetry.
- Joseph Bruchac
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#Elders
#Poetry
#Words
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My family is Abenaki Indian on my mother's side. My father's side of the family is Slovak, and we also have some English ancestry.
- Joseph Bruchac
#Family
#Father
#Indian
#Mother
#Side
I did not walk every step of the Trail of Tears at one time. Instead, over the last 20 years, I have walked various segments of it in Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, Arkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma.
- Joseph Bruchac
#Every Step
#Step
#Tears
#Time
#Walk
Every year, I travel extensively in the autumn and the spring. I set most of the winter and summer aside for my family and my own tribal relatives. But during that traveling time, I often find myself visiting other native communities around the continent - perhaps a dozen or more each year.
- Joseph Bruchac
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#Family
#Myself
#Time
#Travel
My own special knowledge is about the Abenaki people and, to some degree, my Iroquois neighbors. But whenever I write anything about another tribal nation, I always get a lot of help. Not just from books, but from people who belong to that tribal nation.
- Joseph Bruchac
#Degree
#Knowledge
#Nation
#Own
#People
I think I always knew I would be a writer some day, but it wasn't until I was grown and had children of my own that I turned to telling Native American stories.
- Joseph Bruchac
#American
#Children
#Day
#My Own
#Own
My grandfather, Jesse Bowman, was of Abenaki Indian descent. He could barely read and write, but I remember him as one of the kindest people I ever knew. I followed him everywhere. He showed me how to walk quietly in the woods and how to fish.
- Joseph Bruchac
#Fish
#Me
#People
#Remember
#Walk
I was raised by my grandparents, who had a little general store. My grandmother, Marion Dunham Bowman, was a graduate of Albany Law School. Although she never did practice law, she kept the house filled with books. It's because of her that I was always reading.
- Joseph Bruchac
#House
#Law
#Never
#Practice
#School
I grew up in the small town of Greenfield Center, New York, which is in the foothills of the Adirondacks not far from the city of Saratoga Springs. It is a place I love, close to the forests and the mountains.
- Joseph Bruchac
#City
#Far
#Love
#New
#Place
The special skills necessary for being a storyteller are really very simple. I actually talked about them in a book of mine called 'Tell Me a Tale.' Those basic skills are to listen, to observe, to remember, and to share.
- Joseph Bruchac
#Me
#Observe
#Remember
#Simple
#Tell
To begin with, I want to tell a good story, a story that people will listen to and that they'll think this is true, even if it is a story that might be defined as - as myth or legend or even fanciful.
- Joseph Bruchac
#Good
#Legend
#People
#True
#Will
The Trail of Tears has a great deal of meaning for every person of American Indian ancestry, whether they are Cherokee or not. For me, it has always stood for what is best and worst about the history of the United States.
- Joseph Bruchac
#American
#Best
#Great
#History
#Me
The Trail of Tears should teach all of us the importance of respect for others who are different from ourselves and compassion for those who have difficulties.
- Joseph Bruchac
#Compassion
#Difficulties
#Respect
#Tears
I'm inspired by many different things. Often, I'm inspired by experiences I've had, books I've read, people I've met, stories I've heard.
- Joseph Bruchac
#Heard
#Inspired
#Often
#People
#Things
One of the things I've been taught by Native American elders is the importance of patience, of waiting to do things when the time is right.
- Joseph Bruchac
#American
#Patience
#Right
#Time
#Waiting
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