Margaret bruchac biography

About (Biography) Dr. Margaret (Marge) Bruchac, of Abenaki Indian descent, is a scholar and historical consultant specializing in museum anthropology, historical interpretation, and cultural performance, with a focus on representations of northeastern Native American Indian peoples from the colonial era to the present.
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Margaret M. Bruchac is an assistant professor of anthropology and the coordinator of Native American and Indigenous Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Dr. Margaret (Marge) Bruchac, of Abenaki Indian descent, is a scholar, performer, and historical consultant who specializes in interpretations and representations of northeastern Native American Indian peoples, from the colonial era to the present.

Museum Consulting: Dr. Bruchac has been a professional museum consultant since 1997. She has designed and presented performance programs, walking tours, teacher workshops, etc. for the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association and Historic Deerfield, and consulted on exhibitions for the Robert Abbe Museum, Peabody Museum at Phillips Academy, and Plimoth Plantation, among others. In 2001, her work as "Molly Geet, the Indian Doctress" at Old Sturbridge Village was profiled by “Yankee” magazine in the article: “I Still Live: the Survival of New England’s Native Tribes.”

Research & Teaching: Dr. Bruchac is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Connecticut, and Coordinator of Native American and Indigenous Studies at the UConn Avery Point campus. Her research and teaching interests include: Indi

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Department of Anthropology

BOOKS

2018. Margaret M. Bruchac. Savage Kin: Indigenous Informants and American Anthropologists. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press.

2012. Margaret M. Bruchac. Dreaming Again: Algonkian Indian Poems. Bowman Books, Northeastern Native Authors Series. Greenfield Center, NY: Greenfield Review Press.

2010. Margaret M. Bruchac, Siobhan Hart, and H. Martin Wobst, eds. Indigenous Archaeologies: A Reader in Decolonization. Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press.

2004. Frederique Apffel-Marglin and Margaret M. Bruchac. Exorcising Anthropology’s Demons. Dissenting Knowledges Pamphlet Series No. 2. Penang, Malaysia: Multiversity and Citizens International.

ARTICLES & CHAPTERS (partial list)

2024. Margaret M. Bruchac. "Object Lessons: Reflexive Research & Restorative Methodologies." In Working as Indigenous Archaeologists: Reckoning New Paths Between Past and Present Lives, edited by George Nicholas and Joe Watkins, 615-624. London: Routledge Press

2024. Margaret M. Bruchac. "A Pragmatic Approach to Reconciliation: Thoughts on Tra

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Bruchac, Marge (Margaret M. Bruchac)

Personal

Married Justin Kennick. Ethnicity: "Abenaki." Education: B.A. (history and theater); M.A. (anthropology); Ph.D. (anthropology).

Addresses

Home and office—63 Franklin St., Northampton, MA 01060. E-mail—[email protected].

Career

Historical consultant, teacher, author, and performer. Freelance museum consultant for Native American programming and exhibitions at Historic Deerfield, Old Sturbridge Village, Plimoth Plantation, and Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association. Visiting faculty for college courses at Amherst College, Keene State College, Smith College, University of Massachusetts Amherst, and State University of New York at Plattsburgh; artist-in-residence at Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center, 2001; Visiting Indigenous Fellow at Harvard College, 2006-07; McLellan Distinguished Visiting Professor in North Country History, State University of New York, Plattsburgh, 2007. Musician; has recorded stories and folk music. Member, Five-College Native American Indian Studies Curriculum Committee, Indigenous Ar