One of the things I've been taught by Native American elders is the importance of patience, of waiting to do things when the time is right. As an Onondaga friend put it to me, "you can't pick berries until the… — Joseph Bruchac Copy Share Image
“The best teachers have showed me that things have to be done bit by bit. Nothing that means anything happens quickly--we only think it does. The motion of drawing back a bow and sending an arrow straight into a target… — Joseph Bruchac Copy Share Image
Do we make ourselves into what we become or is it built into our genes, into the fate spun for us by whatever shapes… — Joseph Bruchac Copy Share Image
“The old man must have stopped our car two dozen times to climb out and gather into his hands the small toads blinded by… — Joseph Bruchac Copy Share Image
Guilt can make you doubt yourself at the very moment when you need to proceed with certainty. — Joseph Bruchac Copy Share Image
Knowledge is easy to come by. Understanding what you know takes much longer. — Joseph Bruchac Copy Share Image
There are many people who could claim and learn from their Indian ancestry, but because of the fear their parents and grandparents knew, because… — Joseph Bruchac Copy Share Image
The best teachers have showed me that things have to be done bit by bit. Nothing that means anything happens quickly--we only think it… — Joseph Bruchac Copy Share Image
There is a kind of certainty that seems to characterize Jared Smith's best work, an understanding about place and the flow of spirit that… — Joseph Bruchac Copy Share Image
It is important to understand that there are many different ways of seeing the world and expressing the wisdom of Native belief...No one voice… — Joseph Bruchac Copy Share Image
Native people such as the Cherokees are just as human and complex and real as Americans are, and our nation needs to respect American… — Joseph Bruchac Copy Share Image
“So it is that both this breathing moment and what is called "the future"are always linked with what is called "the past." So it… — Joseph Bruchac Copy Share Image
“Librarians. . . have been my lifelong friends, guides and heroes.” — Joseph Bruchac Copy Share Image
When the Lakota leader Sitting Bull was asked by a white reporter why his people loved and respected him, Sitting Bull replied by asking… — Joseph Bruchac Copy Share Image
