Mary Annette Pember
Mary Annette Pember, a citizen of the Red Cliff Band of Wisconsin Ojibwe, is a national correspondent for ICT News, formerly Indian Country Today. An independent journalist focusing on Native American issues since 2000, Pember has received the Clarion Award, several Associated Press awards, the Medill Milestone Achievement Award, and multiple fellowships. She lives with her husband and two children in Cincinnati. Medicine River is her first book.
FEATURED TITLE: Medicine River: A Story of Survival and the Legacy of Indian Boarding Schools
WEBSITE: http://www.mapember.com/
MARY ANNETTE’S EVENTS:
- Friday, Sept. 26 @ 11:30 a.m. – Storytelling: From Journalism to Narrative & Creative Writing – Holiday Inn Convention Center, Willow Room
- Friday, Sept. 26 @ 3:15 p.m. – Author Signing Event – Holiday Inn Convention Center, Ponderosa, Cottonwood, Oak, & Cedar Rooms
- Saturday, Sept 27 @ 10:15 a.m. – Medicine River: The Long Shadow of the Boarding School Experience – Holiday Inn Convention Center, Aspen Room
- Saturday, Sept. 27 @ 4:30 p.m. –Author Signing Event – Holiday Inn Convention Center, Ponderosa, Cottonwood, Oak, & Cedar Rooms