Today Mary is talking to Dr Joseph Bruchac, proud Nulhegan Abeneki citizen and respected elder of his tribe. For over forty years Joseph Bruchac has been creating literature and music that reflects his indigenous heritage and traditions. He is the author of more than 170 books for children and adults. His best selling Keepers of the Earth: Native American Stories and Environmental Activities for Children series, with its remarkable integration of science and folklore, continues to receive critical acclaim and to be used in classrooms throughout the USA. He has three degrees- An initial degree in wildplant conservation, a subsequent degree in creative writing and an honorary degree as doctor of letters from Albany university His work has won many honours His book Jim Thorpes bright path won the Carter Woodson Book award, he holds among many others a Rockefeller humanities fellowship, the Cherokee nation prose award and the storyteller and writer of the year awards from the wordcraft circle of native writers and storytellers Contact Dr Joseph Bruchac at [email protected] Visit his website at https://www.josephbruchac.com/ Contact Mary at [email protected] Recommended books: Keepers of the Earth By: Dr Joseph Bruchac Our Inner Ape By: Dr Frans De Wall Fabres book of Insects By: Jean Henri Fabre Autumn Across America By: Edwin Way Teale A People's Ecology By: Gregory Cajete Recommended author: Roger Tory Peterson Link to Choctaw Feather sculpture famine memorial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kindred_Spirits_(sculpture) Support the Nature Magic podcast at https://www.patreon.com/naturemagic