BEMIDJI 鈥� Four Pines Bookstore will host author and journalist Mary Annette Pember at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, April 23, at the bookstore, 102 Third St. NW, in Bemidji.
Pember will discuss her book
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The book offers a sweeping and trenchant exploration of the history of Native American boarding schools in the U.S., and the legacy of abuse wrought by systemic attempts to use education as a tool through which to destroy Native culture, a release said.
鈥淚n 'Medicine River,' we can see pain ripple through generations, eclipsed only by Mary Annette Pember's courage and her conviction that, in the search for answers, we can heal," Anton Treuer, author of Where Wolves Don't Die, said in the release.
Pember is an independent journalist focusing on Native American issues. She has reported on the high rates of sexual assault experienced by Native women, sex trafficking, health, the impact of historical trauma on Native communities and environmental challenges on Native lands, federal policy issues and cultural topics.
Her work has appeared in Indian Country Today, ReWire News, Truthout, Yes! Magazine, the Guardian, the Washington Post, Colorlines, The Atlantic and others. She is past president of the Native American Journalists鈥� Association and is based in Cincinnati, Ohio.
This is a ticketed event. Buying a copy of the book counts as the ticket.
Pember's book can be purchased in-store at Four Pines Bookstore, starting on April 22, or online at
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