Returning the Gift Poetry and Prose from the First North American Native Writers' Festival

An unprecedented gathering of more than 300 Native writers was held in Norman, Oklahoma, in 1992. The Returning the Gift Festival brought more Native writers together in one place than at any other time in history. 'Returning the Gift, ' observes co-organizer Joseph Bruchac, 'both demonstrated and validated our devotion to it, not just to the public, but to ourselves.'Bruchac, Joseph is the author of 'Returning the Gift Poetry and Prose from the First North American Native Writers' Festival', published 1994 under ISBN 9780816514861 and ISBN 0816514860.