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We need to walk to know sacred places, those around us and those within. We need to walk to remember the songs.

~ Joseph Bruchac

Joseph Bruchac Environment Philosophy

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.

~ Joseph Bruchac

Joseph Bruchac Journey Path Patience Personal Mythmaking Story Time Wandering Wisdom

Strong words outlast the paper they are written upon.

~ Joseph Bruchac

Joseph Bruchac Words Writing

Another of the hard things about being in a war, grandchildren, is that although there are times of quiet when the fighting has stopped, you know you will soon be fighting again. Those quiet times give you the chance to think about what has happened. Some of it you would rather not think about, as you remember the pain and the sorrow. You also have time to worry about what will happen when you go into battle again.

~ Joseph Bruchac

Joseph Bruchac Fear Fighting Battles Quiet War

Never think that war is a good thing, grandchildren. Though it may be necessary at times to defend our people, war is a sickness that must be cured. War is a time out of balance. When it is truly over, we must work to restore peace and sacred harmony once again.

~ Joseph Bruchac

Joseph Bruchac Defend Our Country Peacemaking War

Kill every enemy twice, Wilky said. Better than gettin' shot by a soldier pretending to be dead.

~ Joseph Bruchac

Joseph Bruchac Battle Enemy Possum Pretending Death Shot Twice Twice War

The Trail of Tears should teach all of us the importance of respect for others who are different from ourselves and compassion for those who have difficulties.

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Joseph Bruchac Compassion Tears Teach

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.

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Joseph Bruchac Time American Waiting

Every year, I travel extensively in the autumn and the spring. I set most of the winter and summer aside for my family and my own tribal relatives. But during that traveling time, I often find myself visiting other native communities around the continent - perhaps a dozen or more each year.

~ Joseph Bruchac

Joseph Bruchac Autumn Travel Time

It is amazing to me that so little is still known about the Trail of Tears or the lives of the Cherokees themselves.

~ Joseph Bruchac

Joseph Bruchac Me Tears Trail
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