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Annual Dinner at the Wishing Well Restaurant
- Friday October 24
- 745 Saratoga Road, Wilton NY
- Cash Bar: 6:00 p.m.
- Dinner: 7:00 p.m.
- $28 per person
- Make a reservation: Reservation form
Annual Program Entertainment
James Bruchac is a an award winning author, storyteller, tracking expert, wilderness instructor and guide. Raised in the Adirondack
foothills town of Greenfield Center, Bruchac is the eldest son of World renowned Abenaki Indian storyteller and author Joseph
Bruchac III. Of Abenaki and Slovak descent, Bruchac grew up immersed in the outdoors and the art of storytelling. Due to their
combined efforts to educate others about the natural world, Bruchac and his father were awarded a Conservation Achievement Award
from the National Wildlife Federation in March of 2005.
As a storyteller, Bruchac has spoken at storytelling festivals around the United States, including the Smithsonian Discovery Theater
in Washington DC, the Corn Island Storytelling Festival in Kentucky, the Noble Tales Festival in Indiana, and at both the Indian Summer
and Riverbend Festivals in Wisconsin. Additionally, he has spoken at the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum in Boston, the Connor Prairie
Museum in Indiana and The Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake. Along with having published a number of picture books of traditional
Native stories including the classic How Chipmunk Got His Stripes and The Girl Who Helped Thunder, Bruchac has been featured on the PBS
special Adirondack Storytellers (WMHT/PBS). Bruchac has also co-authored several Falcon field guides on tracking: Scats & Tracks Of
The Northeast , Scats & Tracks Of The Southeast and Scats & Tracks of The Mid-Atlantic.
As the Director of The Ndakinna Education Center and the Northeast Mammal Trackers Training Center in Greenfield Center, Bruchac educates
and trains people of all ages and levels of expertise about native culture, myths and stories; tracking; survival skills; and wonder for our natural world.