“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 takes only a split second, but it is a skill many years in the making. So it is with a life, anyone's life. I may list things that might be described as my accomplishments in these few pages, but they are only shadows of the larger truth, fragments separated from the whole cycle of becoming. And if I can tell an old-time story now about a man who is walking about, waudjoset ndatlokugan, a forest lodge man, alesakamigwi udlagwedewugan, it is because I spent many years walking about myself, listening to voices that came not just from the people but from animals and trees and stones.”
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Joseph Bruchac
Joseph Bruchac is an American writer born on October 16, 1942. His works primarily revolve around Native American culture, especially the legends and stories related to the Iroquois. Bruchac's works are beloved for their rich imagination as well as his profound understanding and respect for Native American culture. more
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