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From the American Revolution to the Republic of Indian Stream

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In my opinion, there are a few who have the deceptive depth that William Stafford so often exhibits in his poems— with such ease.

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BY MARTHA STODDARD\nLincoln Journal Star

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The following short documentary film, Ndakinna: This Place, Our Homeland, draws attention to the marginalized Indigenous Abenaki people of Lebanon, New Hampshire. The recently implemented Land Acknowledgment offers an op...

","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/ndakinna-this-place-our-homeland-full-film-included","title":"Ndakinna: This Place, Our Homeland (Full Film Included)","summary":"The following short documentary film, Ndakinna: This Place, Our Homeland, draws attention to the marginalized Indigenous Abenaki people of Lebanon, New Hampshire. The recently implemented Land Acknowledgment offers an op...","date_modified":"2026-09-16T04:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/a-mountain-memory","html_content":"

On May 18, 1980, Mount Saint Helens erupted. In what remains the most deadly and economically devastating irruption in recorded US history, more than 57 people were killed.

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Driving home at night\nthrough the Onondaga Reservation\nheadlights strike empty white fields\n& tired houses with back broken roofs

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A quick update from Generations:

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Is there enough narrative connection and musical strength to call it that? Opera itself has had a long and changing history. From the sixteenth-century pastoral play with its musical accompaniment, through Monteverdi (wh...

","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/but-is-it-opera-tommy-and-the-who","title":"But is it opera? Tommy and The Who","summary":"Is there enough narrative connection and musical strength to call it that? Opera itself has had a long and changing history. From the sixteenth-century pastoral play with its musical accompaniment, through Monteverdi (wh...","date_modified":"2026-09-15T04:03:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/a-19th-century-indigenous-history-of-johnsburg-new-york","html_content":"

Long before Johnsburg became a town, the upper Hudson–Lake George country formed part of an interconnected Indigenous landscape linking the Hudson Valley, Lake George and Lake Champlain, the Green Mountains and Connectic...

","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/a-19th-century-indigenous-history-of-johnsburg-new-york","title":"A 19th Century Indigenous History of Johnsburg, New York","summary":"Long before Johnsburg became a town, the upper Hudson–Lake George country formed part of an interconnected Indigenous landscape linking the Hudson Valley, Lake George and Lake Champlain, the Green Mountains and Connectic...","date_modified":"2026-09-15T04:01:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/origins-of-the-schaghticoke-mission","html_content":"

Compiled by Jesse Bowman and James Edward Bruchac

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Compiled by Jesse Bowman and James Edward Bruchac

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Compiled by Jesse Bowman and James Edward Bruchac

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Jacobus Van Den Bergh and Maria Van Antwerp belonged to the interconnected Dutch and Indigenous kinship networks of the upper Hudson and Mohawk Valleys during the first half of the eighteenth century.

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In preparation for the Ndakinna Harvest Festival this Saturday, September 19, we spoke with basket maker Kerry Wood, who will be joining us along with other gifted Native artisans, storytellers, language keepers, dancers...

","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/from-ash-tree-to-basket-%E2%80%94-preparing-for-the-ndakinna-harvest-fest","title":"From Ash Tree to Basket — Preparing for the Ndakinna Harvest Fest","summary":"In preparation for the Ndakinna Harvest Festival this Saturday, September 19, we spoke with basket maker Kerry Wood, who will be joining us along with other gifted Native artisans, storytellers, language keepers, dancers...","date_modified":"2026-09-14T05:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/from-the-revolution-to-the-civil-war-the-dunhams-of-saratoga","html_content":"

On June 21, 1924, The Glens Falls Times described our great-great-grandparents Edward H. Dunham and Flora Mann Dunham as belonging to “one of the oldest and most highly respected families in Saratoga county.” The remark ...

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We ended the last chapter with a question:

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One day Gluskonba came into his Grandmother's lodge.

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Looking out across the Saratoga plateau

","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/looking-out","title":"Looking out","summary":"Looking out across the Saratoga plateau","date_modified":"2026-09-14T04:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/joanne-shenandoah-she-sings","html_content":"

At the September 2019 Saratoga Native American Festival in Congress Park in Saratoga Springs, New York, our featured performer was Joanne Shenandoah. When she took the stage in the historic Canfield Casino, accompanied b...

","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/joanne-shenandoah-she-sings","title":"Joanne Shenandoah: She Sings","summary":"At the September 2019 Saratoga Native American Festival in Congress Park in Saratoga Springs, New York, our featured performer was Joanne Shenandoah. When she took the stage in the historic Canfield Casino, accompanied b...","date_modified":"2026-09-14T04:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/we-must-now-sayno-more-or-perish","html_content":"

When John Donne said, \"No man is an island.\" he was stating what amounts to a very sound ecological truth; in addition to the universal brotherhood of man in the Holy Spirit, man himself is not separate from our world's ...

","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/we-must-now-sayno-more-or-perish","title":"We must say, \"No More!\"","summary":"When John Donne said, \"No man is an island.\" he was stating what amounts to a very sound ecological truth; in addition to the universal brotherhood of man in the Holy Spirit, man himself is not separate from our world's ...","date_modified":"2026-09-14T04:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/the-cole-line-and-the-land-how-our-ancestors-stood-their-ground","html_content":"

Compiled by Jesse Bowman Bruchac and James Edward Bruchac

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In the 1970s, the first traditional martial art my sons, Jesse and Jim, and I studied was Pentjak Silat, the Indonesian fighting art that had become an important part of our family's life. Our instructor was Ringo Vandei...

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Far back in the woods\nthere is always the hint\nof something moving\nat the edge of your vision.

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By Aleli Balagtas\nStaff Writer

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Compiled by Jesse Bowman and James Edward Bruchac

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One day a flock of crows gathered in the forest. The life of a crow is not easy. To survive requires wisdom.

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Part I — Applying Gordon Day's Standard Equally

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Animal Teachers

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Another important name in our family history is: Douw, more properly spelled Douwe in its original Frisian form.

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shared by Jesse Bowman Bruchac

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Cinderella is the story of a poor but honest girl who finds success. Cinderella stories are found all over the world, from Europe to China to the Americas. Some of these stories end with the heroine being rescued or marr...

","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/the-wisdom-of-princess-maya","title":"The Wisdom of Princess Maya","summary":"Cinderella is the story of a poor but honest girl who finds success. Cinderella stories are found all over the world, from Europe to China to the Americas. Some of these stories end with the heroine being rescued or marr...","date_modified":"2026-09-12T04:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/birdfoots-grampa","html_content":"

The old man\nmust have stopped our car\ntwo dozen times to climb out\nand gather into his hands\nthe small toads blinded\nby our lights and leaping,\nlive drops of rain.

","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/birdfoots-grampa","title":"Birdfoot's Grampa","summary":"The old man\nmust have stopped our car\ntwo dozen times to climb out\nand gather into his hands\nthe small toads blinded\nby our lights and leaping,\nlive drops of rain.","date_modified":"2026-09-12T04:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/poet-anne-bradstreet","html_content":"

Compiled by Jesse Bowman and James Edward Bruchac

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Prohibition, Gangsters, the Adirondack Liquor Route, and Our Dunham Family

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A Family Mystery Inside Saratoga’s Revolutionary Intelligence War

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Our Generations blog recently crossed a milestone we never imagined when we began sharing this work: our website dashboard has now recorded more than 1,056,000 site visitors.

","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/a-million-visits%E2%80%94and-an-important-word-of-caution","title":"A Million Visits—and an Important Word of Caution","summary":"Our Generations blog recently crossed a milestone we never imagined when we began sharing this work: our website dashboard has now recorded more than 1,056,000 site visitors.","date_modified":"2026-09-11T04:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/african-influence-on-pop-ii-soul-to-soul","html_content":"

On March 6th the difference between the two nations of America and Africa were made much clearer to a group of extremely talented black American musicians — including Ike and Tina Turner, Roberta Flack and Wilson Pickett...

","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/african-influence-on-pop-ii-soul-to-soul","title":"Soul to Soul","summary":"On March 6th the difference between the two nations of America and Africa were made much clearer to a group of extremely talented black American musicians — including Ike and Tina Turner, Roberta Flack and Wilson Pickett...","date_modified":"2026-09-11T04:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/the-swamp-auger","html_content":"

The cedar swamps of the Adirondacks can be a treacherous place. You can be walking along on what seems to be solid ground and then, in one step, go in over your head into a bog-hole. It's particularly dangerous for child...

","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/the-swamp-auger","title":"The Adirondack Swamp Auger","summary":"The cedar swamps of the Adirondacks can be a treacherous place. You can be walking along on what seems to be solid ground and then, in one step, go in over your head into a bog-hole. It's particularly dangerous for child...","date_modified":"2026-09-11T04:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/historical-markers-along-route-90","html_content":"

Small state signs,\nfaded blue metal,\nhold history along this roadside.

","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/historical-markers-along-route-90","title":"Historical Markers Along Route 90","summary":"Small state signs,\nfaded blue metal,\nhold history along this roadside.","date_modified":"2026-09-11T04:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/joe-bruchac-storyteller-of-the-big-woods","html_content":"

\"Joe Bruchac began learning his stories of the Adirondacks as a child from his grandfather, Jesse Bowman, who came from a long line of Adirondack woodsmen and was of Abenaki Indian ancestry. A lifetime resident of the so...

","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/joe-bruchac-storyteller-of-the-big-woods","title":"“Joe Bruchac: Storyteller of the Big Woods”","summary":"\"Joe Bruchac began learning his stories of the Adirondacks as a child from his grandfather, Jesse Bowman, who came from a long line of Adirondack woodsmen and was of Abenaki Indian ancestry. A lifetime resident of the so...","date_modified":"2026-09-11T04:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/the-fields-of-sorrow","html_content":"

I begin this poem to find them.\nThey appear in my mind\nsuddenly as the ringing of a phone\nfrom a distant room.\nThe voice at the other end\nis thin as static,\na line of rain down\nthe window of summer.

","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/the-fields-of-sorrow","title":"The Fields of Sorrow","summary":"I begin this poem to find them.\nThey appear in my mind\nsuddenly as the ringing of a phone\nfrom a distant room.\nThe voice at the other end\nis thin as static,\na line of rain down\nthe window of summer.","date_modified":"2026-09-10T04:01:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/a-word-on-my-process","html_content":"

by Jesse Bowman Bruchac

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Article by Joe Bruchac, 1969

","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/the-beatles-on-a-cloud-i-saw-a-child","title":"The Beatles: Mask and Meaning","summary":"Article by Joe Bruchac, 1969","date_modified":"2026-09-10T04:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/following-elizabeth-lyman-back-through-ndakinna","html_content":"

explored by Jesse Bowman and James Edward Bruchac

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By Mary Ann Lickteig\nFree Press Staff Writer

","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/abenaki-history-shared","title":"Abenaki history shared","summary":"By Mary Ann Lickteig\nFree Press Staff Writer","date_modified":"2026-09-10T04:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/putney-friends-meeting-focus-will-be-abenaki-indian-concerns","html_content":"

Thursday, March 2, 1995 — Brattleboro Reformer — Page 13

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No more than two hundred yards from the camp\nwhere water flows cool enough from the tap,\nmy father goes thrashing like a bear\nthrough raspberry tangles, seeking the spring\nwhich he remembers here.

","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/finding-the-spring","title":"Finding the Spring","summary":"No more than two hundred yards from the camp\nwhere water flows cool enough from the tap,\nmy father goes thrashing like a bear\nthrough raspberry tangles, seeking the spring\nwhich he remembers here.","date_modified":"2026-09-09T04:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/the-good-message-of-handsome-lake","html_content":"

What is included below was written fifty years ago but is extremely important for us to remember today as Alnôbak (humans). The passages that follow offer reminders of ancient teachings: wisdom that remains vital today. ...

","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/the-good-message-of-handsome-lake","title":"The Good Message of HANDSOME LAKE","summary":"What is included below was written fifty years ago but is extremely important for us to remember today as Alnôbak (humans). The passages that follow offer reminders of ancient teachings: wisdom that remains vital today. ...","date_modified":"2026-09-09T04:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/bowmans-store-chapter-four-secret-histories","html_content":"

There is a dream that I have had more than once. It first came to me twenty years ago, when I began teaching a Native American literature course at Skidmore College. In my dream I could hear something as I walked. It was...

","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/bowmans-store-chapter-four-secret-histories","title":"Bowman's Store, Chapter Four, Secret Histories","summary":"There is a dream that I have had more than once. It first came to me twenty years ago, when I began teaching a Native American literature course at Skidmore College. In my dream I could hear something as I walked. It was...","date_modified":"2026-09-09T04:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/ray%E2%80%99s-bears","html_content":"

Although Ray Tehanetorens Fadden is best known for his role as a teacher and a defender of Native culture who taught a generation of Mohawk leaders and founded the Six Nations Indian Museum, I can never think of him with...

","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/ray%E2%80%99s-bears","title":"Ray's Bears","summary":"Although Ray Tehanetorens Fadden is best known for his role as a teacher and a defender of Native culture who taught a generation of Mohawk leaders and founded the Six Nations Indian Museum, I can never think of him with...","date_modified":"2026-09-09T04:00:00Z"}]}