Mary Annette Pember, author of MEDICINE RIVER- an in-person Boswell event

Boswell Book Company presents an evening with Mary Annette Pember, who will discuss her latest book, Medicine River: A Story of Survival and the Legacy of Indian Boarding Schools.

. Signed copies and personalization available on pre-orders. Please note that signed copies will not be shipped until after the event.

Pember's new book is 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. Through searing interviews and assiduous historical reporting, Pember traces the evolution and continued rebirth of a culture whose country has been seemingly intent upon destroying it.

"A dauntless and visceral excavation of one family’s residential boarding school legacy. In 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.

Mary Annette Pember is an independent journalist focusing on Native American issues. 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’ Association.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Boswell Book Company, 2559 North Downer Avenue, Milwaukee, United States