Joseph Bruchac
Website:www.josephbruchac.com
 
Birthplace: Saratoga Springs, NY     USA
 
Most recent address:Greenfield Center, NY     USA
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163362
Of all tribes : American Indians and Alcatraz by Bruchac, Joseph 

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BTSB #: 163362 Available

Dewey: 979.4004/NAges: 10-14   


Subjects: Native Americans - United States - Civil rights - History|y20th century Native Americans - United States - Government relations Native Americans - United States - Land tenure Alcatraz Island (Calif.) - History


Summary: Tells the stirring story of the 1969 Occupation of Alcatraz by Native Americans to reclaim the island for Indigenous peoples, which established a precedent for American Indian activism.


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163296
One real American : the life of Ely S. Parker, Seneca Sachem and Civil War general by Bruchac, Joseph 

BTSB Prebound(Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2020)

BTSB #: 163296 Available

Dewey: 974.7004/BAges: 10-14   
F&P: Z+

Subjects: Parker, Ely Samuel,|d1828-1895 United States.|bArmy - Biography Seneca Indians - Kings and rulers - Biography Generals - United States - Biography Public administration Native Americans - North America - Biography United States - History|y1861-1865, Civil War - Biography


Summary: Biography of Ely S. Parker, a member of the Seneca, an Iroquois nation, who was an attorney, engineer, and tribal diplomat. Raised on a reservation but schooled at a Catholic institution, he learned English at a young age. During the American Civil War, he was commissioned as a lieutenant colonel and was the primary draftsman of the terms of the Confederate surrender at Appomattox. He eventually became President Grant's Commissioner of Indian Affairs, the first Native American to hold that post.


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163297
Peacemaker by Bruchac, Joseph 

BTSB Prebound(Dial Books for Young Readers, 2021)

BTSB #: 163297 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-12   
AR: 5.4 MG F&P: X

Genres: Historical Fiction Multicultural


Subjects: Iroquois Indians - Fiction Native Americans - North America - New York (State) - Fiction Peace - Fiction


Summary: A twelve-year-old Iroquois boy rethinks his calling after witnessing the arrival of a mystical figure with a message of peace in this historical novel based on the creation of the Iroquois Confederacy.


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163290
Talking leaves by Bruchac, Joseph 

BTSB Prebound(Dial Books for Young Readers, 2016)

BTSB #: 163290 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 4.8 MG RC: 4.6 6-8 Lexile: 750

Genres: Historical Fiction Family Life


Subjects: Sequoyah,|d1770?-1843 - Fiction Cherokee Indians - Fiction Native Americans - North America - Fiction Language and languages - Fiction


Summary: The story of Sequoyah and the creation of the Cherokee syllabary, as told by his thirteen year old son.


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172394
Two roads by Bruchac, Joseph 

BTSB Prebound(Dial Books for Young Readers, 2018)

BTSB #: 172394 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
RC: 4.5 6-8 Lexile: 740

Genres: Historical Fiction Multicultural


Subjects: Great Depression, 1929-1939 - Fiction Tramps - Fiction Father-son relationship - Fiction Veterans - Fiction Identity (Psychology) - Fiction Creek Indians - Fiction Native Americans - North America - Oklahoma - Fiction Oklahoma - History|y20th century - Fiction Washington (D.C.) - History|y20th century - Fiction


Summary: In 1932, twelve-year-old Cal must stop being a hobo with his father and go to a Bureau of Indian Affairs boarding school, where he begins learning about his history and heritage as a Creek Indian.


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