<p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><i><font color="#003366" face="AGaramond" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: AGaramond; color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">The Edwin Way Teale Lecture Series on Nature
& the Environment presents</span></font></i></b></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span><b><font color="#003366" face="AGaramond" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: AGaramond; color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-weight: bold;">The
Heartbeat of Our Mother</span></font></b></span><b><font color="#003366" face="AGaramond"><span style="font-family: AGaramond; color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-weight: bold;"></span></font></b></p>
<p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span><font color="#003366" face="AGaramond" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: AGaramond; color: rgb(0, 51, 102);">Joseph <span class="nfakPe">Bruchac</span></span></font></span><span><font color="#003366" face="AGaramond"><span style="font-family: AGaramond; color: rgb(0, 51, 102);">, </span></font></span><span><font color="#003366" face="AGaramond"><span style="font-family: AGaramond; color: rgb(0, 51, 102);">Storyteller and Writer</span></font></span><span><font color="#003366" face="AGaramond"><span style="font-family: AGaramond; color: rgb(0, 51, 102);"></span></font></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font color="#003366" face="AGaramond" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: AGaramond; color: rgb(0, 51, 102);">Thursday, April 10, 2008, 4:00 PM</span></font></p>
<p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font color="#003366" face="AGaramond" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: AGaramond; color: rgb(0, 51, 102);">Thomas</span></font><font color="#003366" face="AGaramond"><span style="font-family: AGaramond; color: rgb(0, 51, 102);">
J. Dodd
Research Center</span></font><font color="#003366" face="AGaramond"><span style="font-family: AGaramond; color: rgb(0, 51, 102);">,
Konover Auditorium</span></font></p>
<p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font color="#003366" face="AGaramond" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: AGaramond; color: rgb(0, 51, 102);">University</span></font><font color="#003366" face="AGaramond"><span style="font-family: AGaramond; color: rgb(0, 51, 102);">
of Connecticut, Storrs</span></font></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font color="#003366" face="AGaramond" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: AGaramond; color: rgb(0, 51, 102);">As a professional teller of the traditional tales of the
Adirondacks and the Native peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands, Joseph
<span class="nfakPe">Bruchac</span> has performed widely in Europe and throughout the United States
and has been featured at such events as the British Storytelling Festival and
the National Storytelling Festival. He has been a storyteller-in-residence for
Native American organizations and schools throughout the continent, including
the Institute of Alaska
Native Arts and the Onondaga
Nation School.</span></font></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font color="#003366" face="AGaramond" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: AGaramond; color: rgb(0, 51, 102);">His poems, articles and stories have appeared in over 500
publications, from <i><span style="font-style: italic;">American Poetry Review</span></i>,
<i><span style="font-style: italic;">Cricket </span></i>and<i><span style="font-style: italic;"> Aboriginal Voices </span></i>to <i><span style="font-style: italic;">National Geographic</span></i>, <i><span style="font-style: italic;">Parabola</span></i> and <i><span style="font-style: italic;">Smithsonian Magazine</span></i>. He has authored more than 70 books for
adults and children, including<i><span style="font-style: italic;"> The First
Strawberries</span></i>, <i><span style="font-style: italic;">Keepers of the
Earth</span></i> (co-authored with Michael Caduto), <i><span style="font-style: italic;">Tell Me a Tale</span></i>, <i><span style="font-style: italic;">When the Chenoo Howls</span></i> (co-authored with
his son, James), and such novels as <i><span style="font-style: italic;">Dawn
Land</span></i>, <i><span style="font-style: italic;">The Waters Between</span></i>,
<i><span style="font-style: italic;">Arrow Over the Door</span></i> and <i><span style="font-style: italic;">The Heart of a Chief</span></i>. Forthcoming titles
include <i><span style="font-style: italic;">Squanto's Journey</span></i>, <i><span style="font-style: italic;">Sacajawea</span></i>, an historical novel, <i><span style="font-style: italic;">Crazy</span></i> <i><span style="font-style: italic;">Horse's
Vision</span></i>, and <i><span style="font-style: italic;">Pushing Up The Sky</span></i>,
a collection of plays for children.</span></font></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><font color="#003366" face="AGaramond" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: AGaramond; color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-weight: bold;">The lectures are open to the public and do not
require registration.</span></font></b></p>
<p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><font color="#003366" face="AGaramond" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: AGaramond; color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-weight: bold;">For additional information please call 486-4500
or visit <a href="http://www.lib.uconn.edu/online/research/speclib/ASC/events/teale/teale.htm" title="http://www.lib.uconn.edu/online/research/speclib/ASC/events/teale/teale.htm" target="_blank"><font color="#003366"><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102);">http://www.lib.uconn.edu/online/research/speclib/ASC/events/teale/teale.htm</span></font></a></span></font></b></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><i><font color="#003366" face="AGaramond" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: AGaramond; color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">The Edwin Way Teale Lecture Series brings
leading scholars and scientists to</span></font></i></b></p>
<p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><i><font color="#003366" face="AGaramond" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: AGaramond; color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">the University of Connecticut
to present public lectures on nature and the environment.</span></font></i></b></p><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Theo. Van Alst<br>Coordinator<br>Native American Cultural Society Office<br>University of Connecticut<br>860-486-9755