{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Joe Bruchac","home_page_url":"https://joebruchac.com","description":"Joe Bruchac","author":{"name":"Joe Bruchac"},"items":[{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/bird-names-in-abenaki","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/3d6382ae-b8b4-4d6d-8da6-f973ae688bf9/Screen%20Shot%202026-09-21%20at%2010.27.55%20PM.png\"/><p>Featuring Cecile Wawanolet and Jesse Bowman Bruchac. Recorded at Odanak, PQ in 1994. For more information about learning to speak Abenaki, visit Abenaki Online.</p>","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/bird-names-in-abenaki","title":"Bird names in Abenaki","summary":"Featuring Cecile Wawanolet and Jesse Bowman Bruchac. Recorded at Odanak, PQ in 1994. For more information about learning to speak Abenaki, visit Abenaki Online.","date_modified":"2026-09-22T04:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/lecture-indigenous-language-reclamation-regional-history","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/3d6382ae-b8b4-4d6d-8da6-f973ae688bf9/IMG_3413-768x515.jpeg\"/><p>Discover the Art of Remembering with Jesse Bruchac with this incredible FREE lecture-style workshop at Pitney Meadows Community Farm!</p>","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/lecture-indigenous-language-reclamation-regional-history","title":"Lecture: Indigenous Language Reclamation & Regional History","summary":"Discover the Art of Remembering with Jesse Bruchac with this incredible FREE lecture-style workshop at Pitney Meadows Community Farm!","date_modified":"2026-09-22T04:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/the-gifts-of-the-little-people","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/3d6382ae-b8b4-4d6d-8da6-f973ae688bf9/Screen%20Shot%202026-09-21%20at%2011.00.18%20PM.png\"/><p>There once was a boy whose parents had died. He lived with his uncle who did not treat him well. The uncle dressed the boy in rags and because of this the boy was called Dirty Clothes.</p>","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/the-gifts-of-the-little-people","title":"The Gifts of the Little People","summary":"There once was a boy whose parents had died. He lived with his uncle who did not treat him well. The uncle dressed the boy in rags and because of this the boy was called Dirty Clothes.","date_modified":"2026-09-22T04:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/another-unknown-clarissa-foster-1788%E2%80%93","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/3d6382ae-b8b4-4d6d-8da6-f973ae688bf9/MapBraintree.jpg\"/><p>Compiled by Jesse Bowman and James Edward Bruchac</p>","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/another-unknown-clarissa-foster-1788%E2%80%93","title":"Still Here: Clarissa Foster","summary":"Compiled by Jesse Bowman and James Edward Bruchac","date_modified":"2026-09-22T04:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/adirondack-logging-camp-dictionary","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/3d6382ae-b8b4-4d6d-8da6-f973ae688bf9/Screen%20Shot%202024-05-23%20at%2012.14.00%20PM.png\"/><p>This post acts as a companion guide to many of our Adirondack posts, specifically The Adirondack Loggers Alphabet and An Adirondack Storyteller; below is a brief list of some of the terms commonly used in the Adirondack ...</p>","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/adirondack-logging-camp-dictionary","title":"Adirondack Logging Terms","summary":"This post acts as a companion guide to many of our Adirondack posts, specifically The Adirondack Loggers Alphabet and An Adirondack Storyteller; below is a brief list of some of the terms commonly used in the Adirondack ...","date_modified":"2026-09-22T04:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/storytelling-open-mic-featuring-jesse-bruchac","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/3d6382ae-b8b4-4d6d-8da6-f973ae688bf9/799156828_2098673894063450_3752061234912288078.jpg\"/><p>Jesse Bowman Bruchac is an author, traditional storyteller and language teacher from the Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk Abenaki Nation, a state-recognized tribe in Vermont.  For three decades Jesse has been immersed in Algo...</p>","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/storytelling-open-mic-featuring-jesse-bruchac","title":"Storytelling Open Mic Featuring Jesse Bruchac","summary":"Jesse Bowman Bruchac is an author, traditional storyteller and language teacher from the Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk Abenaki Nation, a state-recognized tribe in Vermont.  For three decades Jesse has been immersed in Algo...","date_modified":"2026-09-21T05:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/native-american-martial-arts-chapter-four-learning-through-play","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/3d6382ae-b8b4-4d6d-8da6-f973ae688bf9/rs%3Dw_1280-6cdea20.webp\"/><p>Long before anyone calls it training, children learn by playing. They run, wrestle, hide, chase one another, throw things at targets, test their balance, imitate adults, cooperate, compete, and discover how their bodies ...</p>","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/native-american-martial-arts-chapter-four-learning-through-play","title":"Native American Martial Arts, Chapter Four—Learning Through Play","summary":"Long before anyone calls it training, children learn by playing. They run, wrestle, hide, chase one another, throw things at targets, test their balance, imitate adults, cooperate, compete, and discover how their bodies ...","date_modified":"2026-09-21T04:01:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/cole-a-family-name-across-the-native-northeast","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/3d6382ae-b8b4-4d6d-8da6-f973ae688bf9/Screen%20Shot%202026-09-20%20at%206.52.17%20PM.png\"/><p>By Jesse Bowman Bruchac</p>","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/cole-a-family-name-across-the-native-northeast","title":"Cole: A Family Name Across the Native Northeast","summary":"By Jesse Bowman Bruchac","date_modified":"2026-09-21T04:01:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/thoughts-on-getting-started","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/3d6382ae-b8b4-4d6d-8da6-f973ae688bf9/joe-6df5cd4.jpg\"/><p>As someone who has been immersed in the world of writing and poetry for half a century, I frequently encounter curious students during my author school visits. These inquisitive minds, often tinged with a hint of trepida...</p>","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/thoughts-on-getting-started","title":"Thoughts on Getting Started","summary":"As someone who has been immersed in the world of writing and poetry for half a century, I frequently encounter curious students during my author school visits. These inquisitive minds, often tinged with a hint of trepida...","date_modified":"2026-09-21T04:01:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/pine-branch","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/3d6382ae-b8b4-4d6d-8da6-f973ae688bf9/IMG_6226.jpeg\"/><p>The heavy pine branch\nthudded down in front of me\nThe air smells so good</p>","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/pine-branch","title":"Pine Branch","summary":"The heavy pine branch\nthudded down in front of me\nThe air smells so good","date_modified":"2026-09-21T04:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/a-family-history-of-greenfield-center-1600%E2%80%93present","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/3d6382ae-b8b4-4d6d-8da6-f973ae688bf9/IMG_8539.jpg\"/><p>Compiled by Jesse Bowman Bruchac</p>","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/a-family-history-of-greenfield-center-1600%E2%80%93present","title":"A Family History of Greenfield Center (1600–Present)","summary":"Compiled by Jesse Bowman Bruchac","date_modified":"2026-09-21T04:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/hiding","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/3d6382ae-b8b4-4d6d-8da6-f973ae688bf9/Screen%20Shot%202025-09-13%20at%2011.05.23%20PM.png\"/><p>As we drove home from Vermont that morning, Uncle Louis talked to me about the way deer keep themselves from being seen. He explained how a deer can move through the forest quieter than a little squirrel.</p>","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/hiding","title":"Hidden Roots, Chapter Five: Hiding","summary":"As we drove home from Vermont that morning, Uncle Louis talked to me about the way deer keep themselves from being seen. He explained how a deer can move through the forest quieter than a little squirrel.","date_modified":"2026-09-21T04:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/white-weasel-abenaki","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/3d6382ae-b8b4-4d6d-8da6-f973ae688bf9/IMG_1175-6ca8740.jpeg\"/><p>One day, as a hunter was walking through the forest, he heard the sound of a dog howling.</p>","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/white-weasel-abenaki","title":"White Weasel (Abenaki)","summary":"One day, as a hunter was walking through the forest, he heard the sound of a dog howling.","date_modified":"2026-09-21T04:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/dunham-ancestral-ties-to-lake-george-and-schaghticoke","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/3d6382ae-b8b4-4d6d-8da6-f973ae688bf9/Screen%20Shot%202026-09-20%20at%2012.47.14%20PM.png\"/><p>Compiled by Jesse Bowman and James Edward Bruchac</p>","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/dunham-ancestral-ties-to-lake-george-and-schaghticoke","title":"Dunham Ancestral Ties to Lake George and Schaghticoke","summary":"Compiled by Jesse Bowman and James Edward Bruchac","date_modified":"2026-09-20T05:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/crotalus","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/3d6382ae-b8b4-4d6d-8da6-f973ae688bf9/IMG_9369.jpeg\"/><p>A million years of hooves\ntaught me to turn the twirr of a tail\ninto the beat of a warning song.</p>","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/crotalus","title":"Crotalus","summary":"A million years of hooves\ntaught me to turn the twirr of a tail\ninto the beat of a warning song.","date_modified":"2026-09-20T04:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/yakwawiak-lenape","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/3d6382ae-b8b4-4d6d-8da6-f973ae688bf9/Screen%20Shot%202026-01-15%20at%207.00.23%20PM.png\"/><p>Of all the creatures that walked the earth on four legs, the Yakwawiak were the largest. The earth shook under their feet, and the other animals ran from them, for these monsters were bad-tempered and unfriendly.</p>","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/yakwawiak-lenape","title":"Yakwawiak (Lenape)","summary":"Of all the creatures that walked the earth on four legs, the Yakwawiak were the largest. The earth shook under their feet, and the other animals ran from them, for these monsters were bad-tempered and unfriendly.","date_modified":"2026-09-20T04:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/a-memory-of-warren-woessner-and-lyn-lifshin-%E2%80%94-on-warren%E2%80%99s-80th","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/3d6382ae-b8b4-4d6d-8da6-f973ae688bf9/Screen%20Shot%202024-01-28%20at%201.01.39%20PM.png\"/><p>Warren and I first met each other as student poets at Cornell. We took part in some of our first public readings—arranged by Warren, as I recall, at a place next to Beebe Lake. We reconnected in the 70s when both of us w...</p>","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/a-memory-of-warren-woessner-and-lyn-lifshin-%E2%80%94-on-warren%E2%80%99s-80th","title":"A Memory of Warren Woessner and Lyn Lifshin—on Warren’s 80th","summary":"Warren and I first met each other as student poets at Cornell. We took part in some of our first public readings—arranged by Warren, as I recall, at a place next to Beebe Lake. We reconnected in the 70s when both of us w...","date_modified":"2026-09-20T04:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/families-definitively-tied-to-mohawk-or-mahican-ancestry","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/3d6382ae-b8b4-4d6d-8da6-f973ae688bf9/IMG_7840.jpeg\"/><p>Compiled by Jesse Bowman and James Edward Bruchac</p>","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/families-definitively-tied-to-mohawk-or-mahican-ancestry","title":"Families Definitively Tied to Mohawk or Mahican Ancestry","summary":"Compiled by Jesse Bowman and James Edward Bruchac","date_modified":"2026-09-20T04:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/the-white-dog","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/3d6382ae-b8b4-4d6d-8da6-f973ae688bf9/IMG_8230-b7642e0.PNG\"/><p>One day in late June, the time of year many Native people of the East Coast call Strawberry Moon, I was on an airplane flying from Chicago to Albany, New York. In that place between Earth and Sky, between sleep and wakin...</p>","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/the-white-dog","title":"The White Dog","summary":"One day in late June, the time of year many Native people of the East Coast call Strawberry Moon, I was on an airplane flying from Chicago to Albany, New York. In that place between Earth and Sky, between sleep and wakin...","date_modified":"2026-09-20T04:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/schaghticoke-timeline","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/3d6382ae-b8b4-4d6d-8da6-f973ae688bf9/Screen%20Shot%202024-06-11%20at%205.22.21%20PM.png\"/><p>Researched by Jesse Bowman and James Edward Bruchac</p>","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/schaghticoke-timeline","title":"Schaghticoke, Still Standing at the Confluence (2026 — 350 Years)","summary":"Researched by Jesse Bowman and James Edward Bruchac","date_modified":"2026-09-19T04:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/revolution-250-schaghticoke-major-van-vechten-and-our-family","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/3d6382ae-b8b4-4d6d-8da6-f973ae688bf9/Screen%20Shot%202026-06-19%20at%2011.26.37%20AM.png\"/><p>By Jesse Bowman and James Edward Bruchac</p>","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/revolution-250-schaghticoke-major-van-vechten-and-our-family","title":"Revolution 250: Schaghticoke, Major Van Vechten, and Our Family","summary":"By Jesse Bowman and James Edward Bruchac","date_modified":"2026-09-19T04:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/fort-edward-and-rogers-island","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/3d6382ae-b8b4-4d6d-8da6-f973ae688bf9/Screen%20Shot%202026-06-26%20at%202.19.43%20PM.png\"/><p>Before Fort Edward became one of the largest British military installations in North America, this corridor was already one of the most important crossroads in the Northeast.</p>","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/fort-edward-and-rogers-island","title":"Fort Edward and Rogers Island","summary":"Before Fort Edward became one of the largest British military installations in North America, this corridor was already one of the most important crossroads in the Northeast.","date_modified":"2026-09-19T04:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/one-june-night","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/3d6382ae-b8b4-4d6d-8da6-f973ae688bf9/Screen%20Shot%202026-06-26%20at%202.22.25%20PM.png\"/><p>For Jesse, Age 4</p>","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/one-june-night","title":"One June Night","summary":"For Jesse, Age 4","date_modified":"2026-09-19T04:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/80s-indian-poets-on-the-move","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/3d6382ae-b8b4-4d6d-8da6-f973ae688bf9/Screen%20Shot%202025-12-19%20at%201.24.54%20AM.png\"/><p>These photos are from the time when Louis Little Coon Oliver (sitting) came from Oklahoma with Lance Henson, Barney Bush, and Carroll Arnett in Carroll's truck. They all stayed with us at our family house on Splintervill...</p>","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/80s-indian-poets-on-the-move","title":"80s Indian Poets' on the Move","summary":"These photos are from the time when Louis Little Coon Oliver (sitting) came from Oklahoma with Lance Henson, Barney Bush, and Carroll Arnett in Carroll's truck. They all stayed with us at our family house on Splintervill...","date_modified":"2026-09-19T04:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/the-girl-who-escaped-mohegan","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/3d6382ae-b8b4-4d6d-8da6-f973ae688bf9/Screen%20Shot%202026-01-28%20at%2010.30.33%20AM.png\"/><p>There was once a girl named Flying Bird. She liked nothing better than to play in the forest with the dolls she made of wood and cornstalks. Her mother sometimes scolded her for not playing with the other children. But F...</p>","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/the-girl-who-escaped-mohegan","title":"The Girl Who Escaped (Mohegan)","summary":"There was once a girl named Flying Bird. She liked nothing better than to play in the forest with the dolls she made of wood and cornstalks. Her mother sometimes scolded her for not playing with the other children. But F...","date_modified":"2026-09-19T04:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/william-staffords-typewriter","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/3d6382ae-b8b4-4d6d-8da6-f973ae688bf9/Screen%20Shot%202026-09-17%20at%2011.30.40%20PM.png\"/><p>\"Writing poetry is sometimes like starting a car on ice. At first you might just spin your wheels and not go anywhere. But if your foot is light on the gas pedal you may begin to move forward a little bit at a time, pick...</p>","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/william-staffords-typewriter","title":"William Stafford's Typewriter","summary":"\"Writing poetry is sometimes like starting a car on ice. At first you might just spin your wheels and not go anywhere. But if your foot is light on the gas pedal you may begin to move forward a little bit at a time, pick...","date_modified":"2026-09-18T04:01:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/cupping-hands","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/3d6382ae-b8b4-4d6d-8da6-f973ae688bf9/Screen%20Shot%202026-03-01%20at%2010.06.49%20AM.png\"/><p>poem by Jesse Bowman Bruchac</p>","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/cupping-hands","title":"Cupping Hands","summary":"poem by Jesse Bowman Bruchac","date_modified":"2026-09-18T04:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/hollyhocks","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/3d6382ae-b8b4-4d6d-8da6-f973ae688bf9/Screen%20Shot%202023-12-28%20at%2010.23.21%20PM-74074e0.png\"/><p>My grandmother's garden was edged with hollyhocks.</p>","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/hollyhocks","title":"Hollyhocks","summary":"My grandmother's garden was edged with hollyhocks.","date_modified":"2026-09-18T04:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/van-olinda-line","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/3d6382ae-b8b4-4d6d-8da6-f973ae688bf9/1840.1.1_hooker-philip-65c01c7.jpg\"/><p>Compiled by Jesse Bowman and James Edward Bruchac</p>","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/van-olinda-line","title":"Van Olinda Line ","summary":"Compiled by Jesse Bowman and James Edward Bruchac","date_modified":"2026-09-18T04:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/degory-priest-1579-1621","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/3d6382ae-b8b4-4d6d-8da6-f973ae688bf9/IMG_7617.jpeg\"/><p>Complied by Jesse Bowman Bruchac</p>","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/degory-priest-1579-1621","title":"Degory Priest","summary":"Complied by Jesse Bowman Bruchac","date_modified":"2026-09-18T04:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/exploring-generations-just-got-easier","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/3d6382ae-b8b4-4d6d-8da6-f973ae688bf9/Screen%20Shot%202026-09-20%20at%2012.51.21%20PM.png\"/><p>We’ve been doing a lot of work behind the scenes to make Generations easier to explore.</p>","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/exploring-generations-just-got-easier","title":"Exploring Generations Just Got Easier","summary":"We’ve been doing a lot of work behind the scenes to make Generations easier to explore.","date_modified":"2026-09-18T03:39:59Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/mounted-by-bruchac","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/3d6382ae-b8b4-4d6d-8da6-f973ae688bf9/IMG_6673.jpeg\"/><p>At the tender age of twelve years, Joseph E. Bruchac successfully passed a test to become a commercial taxidermist thereby receiving his license. In the 1920's he was undoubtedly the youngest licensed Taxidermist in the ...</p>","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/mounted-by-bruchac","title":"Mounted By Bruchac","summary":"At the tender age of twelve years, Joseph E. Bruchac successfully passed a test to become a commercial taxidermist thereby receiving his license. In the 1920's he was undoubtedly the youngest licensed Taxidermist in the ...","date_modified":"2026-09-17T04:01:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/long-lost-friend","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/3d6382ae-b8b4-4d6d-8da6-f973ae688bf9/IMG_8471-2160597.jpg\"/><p>Here is an interesting sidelight about a book called The Long Lost Friend, later widely published as Pow-Wows; or, Long Lost Friend, which Don Bowman often mentions in The Witch of Mad Dog Hill.</p>","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/long-lost-friend","title":"Long Lost Friend","summary":"Here is an interesting sidelight about a book called The Long Lost Friend, later widely published as Pow-Wows; or, Long Lost Friend, which Don Bowman often mentions in The Witch of Mad Dog Hill.","date_modified":"2026-09-17T04:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/schaghticoke-one-of-early-america%E2%80%99s-great-indigenous-crossroads","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/3d6382ae-b8b4-4d6d-8da6-f973ae688bf9/IMG_3647.jpeg\"/><p>While it is sadly now almost entirely forgotten—even among many Native families living in New York, New England, and Canada today—and as we have been sharing throughout our posts over the last three years, Schaghticoke s...</p>","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/schaghticoke-one-of-early-america%E2%80%99s-great-indigenous-crossroads","title":"Schaghticoke: One of Early America’s Great Indigenous Crossroads","summary":"While it is sadly now almost entirely forgotten—even among many Native families living in New York, New England, and Canada today—and as we have been sharing throughout our posts over the last three years, Schaghticoke s...","date_modified":"2026-09-17T04:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/a-work-in-progress","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/3d6382ae-b8b4-4d6d-8da6-f973ae688bf9/Screen%20Shot%202026-08-13%20at%207.44.25%20PM.png\"/><p>You'll notice a lot of changes to the website. We are working to make it more user-friendly and accessible, creating clearer pathways through the growing Generations archive, improving navigation between related stories,...</p>","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/a-work-in-progress","title":"A Work in Progress","summary":"You'll notice a lot of changes to the website. We are working to make it more user-friendly and accessible, creating clearer pathways through the growing Generations archive, improving navigation between related stories,...","date_modified":"2026-09-17T04:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/papermill-memories","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/3d6382ae-b8b4-4d6d-8da6-f973ae688bf9/rs%3Dw_1280-1.webp\"/><p>For generations, paper mills helped build communities across the Northeast. They provided jobs, supported families, and shaped entire towns along our rivers. Many of our own relatives worked in and around the paper indus...</p>","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/papermill-memories","title":"Papermill Memories","summary":"For generations, paper mills helped build communities across the Northeast. They provided jobs, supported families, and shaped entire towns along our rivers. Many of our own relatives worked in and around the paper indus...","date_modified":"2026-09-17T04:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/two-roads-%E2%80%94-bonus-army-veterans-homelessness-and-hidden-roots","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/3d6382ae-b8b4-4d6d-8da6-f973ae688bf9/s-l1600-10b343d.jpg\"/><p>In 2018, Joseph Bruchac published Two Roads, a historical novel for young readers that brings together several histories Americans too often learn separately: the Great Depression, homelessness, the Bonus Army of World W...</p>","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/two-roads-%E2%80%94-bonus-army-veterans-homelessness-and-hidden-roots","title":"Two Roads — Bonus Army, Veterans, Homelessness, and Hidden Roots","summary":"In 2018, Joseph Bruchac published Two Roads, a historical novel for young readers that brings together several histories Americans too often learn separately: the Great Depression, homelessness, the Bonus Army of World W...","date_modified":"2026-09-17T00:37:50Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/why-our-barney-pedigree-has-to-stop-here","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/3d6382ae-b8b4-4d6d-8da6-f973ae688bf9/RXbceaKAi0S5fj01sOqE18iQJoXIMuq7yImGHqq5-GtiI8.jpg\"/><p>Three Jonathan Barneys, a Conflated Pedigree, and Why Mary Barber Cannot Yet Be Called Our Direct Ancestor</p>","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/why-our-barney-pedigree-has-to-stop-here","title":"Why Our Barney Pedigree Has to Stop Here","summary":"Three Jonathan Barneys, a Conflated Pedigree, and Why Mary Barber Cannot Yet Be Called Our Direct Ancestor","date_modified":"2026-09-16T21:42:57Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/colonel-timothy-bedel-and-the-abenaki-1779","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/3d6382ae-b8b4-4d6d-8da6-f973ae688bf9/84UlR9qxvlPqeMRclRLH3Jt6qO2LOdDee-1fbJdLY1opVX.jpg\"/><p>From the American Revolution to the Republic of Indian Stream</p>","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/colonel-timothy-bedel-and-the-abenaki-1779","title":"Colonel Timothy Bedel, the Abenaki, and the Northern Borderlands","summary":"From the American Revolution to the Republic of Indian Stream","date_modified":"2026-09-16T04:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/all-right-some-memories-of-william-stafford","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/3d6382ae-b8b4-4d6d-8da6-f973ae688bf9/Screen%20Shot%202026-09-17%20at%2011.30.40%20PM.png\"/><p>In my opinion, there are a few who have the deceptive depth that William Stafford so often exhibits in his poems— with such ease.</p>","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/all-right-some-memories-of-william-stafford","title":"All Right: Some Memories of William Stafford","summary":"In my opinion, there are a few who have the deceptive depth that William Stafford so often exhibits in his poems— with such ease.","date_modified":"2026-09-16T04:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/storyteller-reaches-youngsters","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/3d6382ae-b8b4-4d6d-8da6-f973ae688bf9/Screen%20Shot%202026-04-19%20at%2012.40.04%20PM.png\"/><p>BY MARTHA STODDARD\nLincoln Journal Star</p>","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/storyteller-reaches-youngsters","title":"Storyteller reaches youngsters","summary":"BY MARTHA STODDARD\nLincoln Journal Star","date_modified":"2026-09-16T04:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/ndakinna-this-place-our-homeland-full-film-included","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/3d6382ae-b8b4-4d6d-8da6-f973ae688bf9/Screen%20Shot%202026-09-15%20at%206.59.34%20PM.png\"/><p>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...</p>","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":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/3d6382ae-b8b4-4d6d-8da6-f973ae688bf9/1280px-MSH82_st_helens_plume_from_harrys_ridge.jpg\"/><p>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.</p>","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/a-mountain-memory","title":"A Mountain Memory","summary":"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.","date_modified":"2026-09-16T04:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/poems-for-the-indian-steel-workers-iii","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/3d6382ae-b8b4-4d6d-8da6-f973ae688bf9/Onondaga-Buildings-2-750x420.jpg\"/><p>Driving home at night\nthrough the Onondaga Reservation\nheadlights strike empty white fields\n& tired houses with back broken roofs</p>","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/poems-for-the-indian-steel-workers-iii","title":"Poem For The Indian Steel Workers III","summary":"Driving home at night\nthrough the Onondaga Reservation\nheadlights strike empty white fields\n& tired houses with back broken roofs","date_modified":"2026-09-16T04:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/generations-is-growing-%E2%80%94-explore-the-new-archive","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/3d6382ae-b8b4-4d6d-8da6-f973ae688bf9/rs%3Dw_1240%2Ch_620%2Ccg_true.webp\"/><p>A quick update from Generations:</p>","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/generations-is-growing-%E2%80%94-explore-the-new-archive","title":"Generations Is Growing — Explore the New Archive","summary":"A quick update from Generations:","date_modified":"2026-09-16T03:11:22Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/but-is-it-opera-tommy-and-the-who","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/3d6382ae-b8b4-4d6d-8da6-f973ae688bf9/Screen%20Shot%202024-06-16%20at%209.24.20%20PM.png\"/><p>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...</p>","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":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/3d6382ae-b8b4-4d6d-8da6-f973ae688bf9/Abenaki-basketmaker.jpg\"/><p>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...</p>","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":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/3d6382ae-b8b4-4d6d-8da6-f973ae688bf9/wm-pitt-button-farm-sylvester-e1568033612452.jpg\"/><p>Compiled by Jesse Bowman and James Edward Bruchac</p>","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/origins-of-the-schaghticoke-mission","title":"Origins of the Schaghticoke Community","summary":"Compiled by Jesse Bowman and James Edward Bruchac","date_modified":"2026-09-15T04:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/gorhams-rangers","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/3d6382ae-b8b4-4d6d-8da6-f973ae688bf9/army-rangers-soldiers-chinook_lg.jpg\"/><p>Compiled by Jesse Bowman and James Edward Bruchac</p>","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/gorhams-rangers","title":"From Indigenous Warfare to the Ranger Tradition","summary":"Compiled by Jesse Bowman and James Edward Bruchac","date_modified":"2026-09-15T04:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/mohawk-dutch-a-lost-creole-of-the-mohawk-valley","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/3d6382ae-b8b4-4d6d-8da6-f973ae688bf9/Screen%20Shot%202025-08-21%20at%2011.36.14%20PM.png\"/><p>Compiled by Jesse Bowman and James Edward Bruchac</p>","url":"https://joebruchac.com/blog/f/mohawk-dutch-a-lost-creole-of-the-mohawk-valley","title":"Mohawk Dutch: The Lost Language of the Mohawk Valley","summary":"Compiled by Jesse Bowman and James Edward Bruchac","date_modified":"2026-09-15T04:00:00Z"}]}