Bunny McBride

Bunny McBride is an award-winning author specializing in cultural anthropology, indigenous peoples, international tourism and nature conservation issues. Published in dozens of national and international print media, she has reported from Africa, Europe, China and the Indian Ocean, as well as North America.

McBride's publication credits include the books "When Wings Become Sound;" "By the Light of the Moon: Reflections on Wholeness of Being," "Women of the Dawn," "Molly Spotted Elk: A Penobscot in Paris," and "Our Lives in Our Hands: Micmac Indian Basketmakers;" chapters in multiple books; and several co-authored books, including "Indians in Eden," "The Audubon Field Guide to African Wildlife," "From Indian Island to Omaha Beach: The D-Day Story of Charles Norman Shay, Penobscot Indian War Hero" and numerous editions of two textbooks -- "Cultural Anthropology, the Human Challenge" and "The Essence of Anthropology."

With an MA from Columbia University, McBride became an adjunct lecturer of anthropology at Kansas State University in 1996 and has also taught at the Salt Institute for Documentary Field Studies in Portland, Maine, and numerous terms as visiting anthropology faculty at Principia College in Illinois.

Working on a range of issues and projects with Maine Indian tribes since 1981, McBride received a commendation from the Maine state legislature for her research and writing on the history of Native women. Boston Globe Sunday Magazine featured a profile about her, and Maine Public Television made a documentary about her work on Molly Spotted Elk. She served as co-investigator for a National Park Service ethnography project ("Asticou's Island Domain: Wabanaki Peoples at Mount Desert Island 1500-2000" -- available in hard copy through Amazon and also free online through NPS) and curated several museum exhibits, including "Journeys West: The David & Peggy Rockefeller American Indian Art Collection." Her exhibit, "Indians & Rusticators," received a Leadership in History Award from the American Association for State and Local History (2012).

For a dozen years (2004-2016) Bunny McBride served on the board of the Women's World Summit Foundation based in Switzerland, including 3 years as president.

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