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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.
James and Joseph Bruchac Matt Dembicki James and Joseph Bruchac of the Abenaki peoples share a story about crayfish—how they have eyes on stalks and why they are not prideful. Trickster and the Great Chief: David Smith Jerry Carr David "Tim" Smith of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska shares a story about how owls became the guardians of the dead.
In the 1980s, the prolific Abenaki author Joseph Bruchac began writing his books for children. In 1985, The Wind Eagle and Other Abenaki Stories was published. It was followed by picture books, traditional retellings, historical and contemporary fiction, and biography and autobiographical works.
Best Young Adult Book: Joseph Bruchac: Hidden Roots: Winner 2008 Best Picture Book: Tim Tingle (author) with Jeanne Rorex Bridges (illustrator) Crossing Bok Chitto: A Choctaw Tale of Friendship & Freedom: Winner Best Middle School Book: Joseph Medicine Crow: Counting Coup: Becoming a Crow Chief on the Reservation and Beyond: Winner Best Young ...
Harold Courlander (September 18, 1908 – March 15, 1996) was an American novelist, folklorist, and anthropologist and an expert in the study of Haitian life. The author of 35 books and plays and numerous scholarly articles, Courlander specialized in the study of African, Caribbean, Afro-American, and Native American cultures.
Gerald Robert Vizenor (born 1934) is an American writer and scholar, and an enrolled member of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, White Earth Reservation.Vizenor also taught for many years at the University of California, Berkeley, where he was Director of Native American Studies.
Jon Scieszka (/ ˈ ʃ ɛ ʃ k ə / SHESH-kə: [1] born September 8, 1954 [2] [3]) is an American children's writer, best known for his picture books created with the illustrator Lane Smith.
Sukenick was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, where his father was a dentist.He graduated from Midwood High School [1] [2] and Cornell University before receiving his Ph.D. in English (with a dissertation on Wallace Stevens) from Brandeis University in 1962.