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Michael Fitzgerald is an author, editor, and publisher of books on world religions, sacred art, tradition, culture, and philosophy. He has written and edited many publications on American Indian spirituality, including Yellowtail: Crow Medicine Man and Sun Dance Chief, and was adopted into Yellowtail's tribe and family. Fitzgerald has also taught university classes on religious traditions of North American Indians and lectured widely. His contributions to World Wisdom books and DVDs include:

Edited/Authored		Co-edited with others:		DVD projects:
Letters of Frithjof Schuon: Reflections on the Perennial Philosophy Indian Boyhood: The True Story of a Sioux Upbringing Children of the Tipi: Life in the Buffalo Days Frithjof Schuon: Messenger of the Perennial Philosophy Living in Two Worlds The Foundations of Christian Art Native Spirit: The Sun Dance Way The Spiritual Legacy of the American Indian (with Elenita Brown & Marina Brown Weatherly) Introduction to Hindu Dharma Foundations of Oriental Art & Symbolism		Spirit of the Indian Warrior, co-edited with Joseph A. Fitzgerald, 2019 Spirit of the Earth: Indian Voices on Nature Indian Spirit: Revised & Enlarged Christian Spirit The Sermon of all Creation The Spirit of Indian Women The Universal Spirit of Islam: From the Koran and Hadith A King James Christmas: Biblical Selections with Illustrations from Around the World (with Catherine Schuon)		Native Spirit and The Sun Dance Way (DVD) (producer) The presentation “Beauty and the Sense of the Sacred: Schuon’s Antidote to Modernity” in Tradition in the Modern World: Sacred Web 2006 Conference (DVD)

Joseph Fitzgerald has authored or edited several books on diverse world religions and philosophy that have won more than ten awards, including the prestigious Benjamin Franklin Award. The subjects include Buddhism, Hinduism, the American Indians, Christianity, the ecological crisis and the Perennial Philosophy. Fitzgerald studied Comparative Religion at Indiana University, where he also earned a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree. He is an adopted grandson of Thomas Yellowtail, one of the most honored American Indian spiritual leaders of the last century. For more than thirty years, Joseph has traveled extensively throughout the American Indian, Oriental and Islamic worlds. He has edited the following books for World Wisdom:

Spirit of the Indian Warrior, co-edited with Michael 0. Fitzgerald, 2019. Spirit of the Earth: Indian Voices on Nature, co-edited with Michael Fitzgerald, May 2017. World of the Teton Sioux Indians: Their Music, Life, and Culture, by Frances Densmore, September 2016. The Original Gospel of Ramakrishna: Based on M.’s English Text, Abridged, by Shri Ramakrishna, co-edited with Swami Abhedananda, 2011. The Wisdom of Ananda Coomaraswamy: Selected Reflections on Indian Art, Life, and Religion by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, co-edited with S. Durai Raja Singam (November 2011). An Illustrated Introduction to Taoism Of the Land and the Spirit: The Essential Lord Northbourne on Ecology and Religion

A Christian Woman's Secret: A Modern-Day Journey to God The Cheyenne Indians: Their History and Lifeways, Edited and Illustrated The Essential Sri Anandamayi Ma: Life and Teaching of a 20th Century Indian Saint Honen the Buddhist Saint: Essential Writings and Official Biography The Way and the Mountain: Tibet, Buddhism, & Tradition

Joseph Bruchac is a well-known Native author and storyteller who has written more than 120 books for both children and adults. His work is heavily influenced by his Abenaki ancestry, and he has worked extensively with other family members on projects involving the preservation of Abenaki culture and language. (The Abenaki are a tribe of traditionally Algonquian-speaking peoples of northeastern North America.) Dr. Joseph Bruchac has contributed two children’s books to our Wisdom Tales Press imprint: A Peacemaker for Warring Nations: The Founding of the Iroquois League (April 2021), illustrated by David Kanietakeron Fadden, and The Hunter’s Promise: An Abenaki Tale (September 2015), which was illustrated by Bill Farnsworth. Dr. Bruchac also contributed “Forewords” to the books Spirit of the Earth: Indian Voices on Nature, edited by Michael and Joseph A. Fitzgerald, and Horse Raid: The Making of a Warrior, told and illustrated by Paul Goble.