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Mary Annette Pember @mapember.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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The US at 250: A Native Perspective on boarding school remembrance day
September 30 marks the National Day of Remembrance for Indian Boarding Schools, which honors the children who survived or lost their lives to federal boarding schools.
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Mary Annette Pember @mapember.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
US 250: it’s always been about Indigenous land ictnews.org/news/america...
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AMERICA 250: Religious freedom, but not for everyone - ICT
Religion shaped the founding narrative but it's always been about the land
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Mary Annette Pember @mapember.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Gold Nautilus Award in Social Justice
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Mary Annette Pember @mapember.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 07/01/2026
The military assault on Venezuela, the shooting of a woman by an ICE agent, the launch of the White House’s new revisionist website about January 6—these three events convey a powerful and unsettling message from Trump and his crew: Violence is ours to use, at home and abroad, to get what we want.
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The Trump doctrine: Violence is us
The message is clear—be afraid.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 06/01/2026
BREAKING: Abortion will remain legal in Wyoming after the state Supreme Court struck down laws, including the first U.S. ban on pill abortions.
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Abortion stays legal in Wyoming as its top court strikes down laws, including first US pill ban
Abortion will remain legal in Wyoming after the state Supreme Court struck down laws including the nation’s first explicit ban on abortion pills.
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Mary Annette Pember @mapember.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
The whole story behind nuns land return; Catholic Church still owns over 10k of Native lands given to them free of charge by federal government ictnews.org/news/our-lan...
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‘Our land to begin with’: Catholic nuns’ return of land breaks new ground - ICT
Analysis: The land transfer to the Lac du Flambeau Band by the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration is believed to be the first land-back effort by nuns in an attempt at reconciliation
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Mary Annette Pember @mapember.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
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‘Our land to begin with’: Catholic nuns’ return of land breaks new ground - ICT
Analysis: The land transfer to the Lac du Flambeau Band by the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration is believed to be the first land-back effort by nuns in an attempt at reconciliation
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Mary Annette Pember @mapember.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
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10 books to help you understand America as its 250th birthday approaches
Here are recommended reads about the United States — perfect for the history buff on your gift list, or anyone looking to learn more about how the U.S got to where it is today.
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Mary Annette Pember @mapember.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Medicine River named among Smithsonian’s 10 best history books of 2025 www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-...
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The Ten Best History Books of 2025
Our favorite titles of the year resurrect overlooked histories and examine how the United States ended up where it is today
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Mary Annette Pember @mapember.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Medicine River chosen as great read by NPR apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
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Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
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Mary Annette Pember @mapember.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Native peoples understand the healing powers of dance and culture ictnews.org/news/alaska-...
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Alaska Federation of Natives convention celebrated Indigenous resilience - ICT
While the annual convention brought in responses to Typhoon Halong and the current political climate, attendees still found joy and gratitude
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Mary Annette Pember @mapember.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
No Kings Rally in Anchorage. “Politics is no longer a spectator sport”
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Mary Annette Pember @mapember.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
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Alaska residents are still grappling with the aftermath of Typhoon Halong. Indigenous communities have been disproportionately affected, with hundreds of people evacuated along the western coast. The ...
TikTok video by ICT
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Mary Annette Pember @mapember.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
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Mary Annette Pember @mapember.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
I’m so grateful that these beautiful creatures let us walk among them
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 22/07/2025
PBS News is not going anywhere. We will continue our work without fear or favor, as we have for nearly five decades on the air. We are profoundly grateful to Viewers Like You for your loyalty and unwavering support.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 19/07/2025
"If this can happen to Colbert and a storied franchise, this can happen to anyone": www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Colbert's cancellation is a dark warning
CBS's decision marks a dangerous new stage for the culture at large.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 18/07/2025
“Historically, when left to their own devices, states don’t necessarily do the right thing for kids with disabilities and their families,” a former director at the federal Office of Special Education Programs said. With @idahostatesman.com (Published May)
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The Department of Education Forced Idaho to Stop Denying Disabled Students an Education. Then Trump Gutted Its Staff.
For years, the Education Department was the only agency that could ensure states would improve conditions for disabled children. Now, Trump’s cuts threaten to hamper its oversight.
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Mary Annette Pember @mapember.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
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Mary Annette Pember @mapember.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
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‘Big, beautiful bill’ could deal an ugly blow for MMIP efforts - ICT News
Trump's budget cuts could gut funding in tribal communities for MMIP and other programs
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 18/06/2025
Fuerza responds to scenes where alleged ICE enforcement is reported. If officers are indeed with ICE, they hit record and spread the word. They also speak directly with those being detained. They are part of a growing scrappy network of volunteers protecting neighbors from ICE. bit.ly/4lgke5N
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Brian Cardone @cardonebrian.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
🚨🚨The White House is pissed off about this ad so you know what to do, share it everywhere! ICE is disappearing people just because of the color of their skin! No Warrant! No Due Process! This is not who we are as Americans! #MAGAKidnappers want an all white America, fuck that‼️
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 11/06/2025
We don't know how many times we need to say that detaining journalists, even for a minute, prevents them from covering events of public concern, and violates their rights. SFPD and other police departments around the country need a crash course on the First Amendment.
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Editor’s Note: Condemning SFPD’s detention of Daily Cal staffers and suppression of student journalism
On Sunday and Monday night, the San Francisco Police Department, or SFPD, briefly detained two Daily Cal student journalists covering Bay Area protests against federal Immigration and Customs Enforcem...
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Mary Annette Pember @mapember.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Got compared to Colson Whitehead's Nickel Boys! progressive.org/magazine/sur...
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Surviving Across Time
In her new book, Mary Annette Pember provides a personal account of the legacy of Indian boarding schools and their lasting impact on Native families.
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Mary Annette Pember @mapember.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
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A History of Indian Boarding Schools in America | KPFA
Guest: Mary Annette Pember is a citizen of the Red Cliff Band of Wisconsin Ojibwe. She is currently national correspondent for ICT News, formerly Indian Country Today.  She is the recipient of several...
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Mary Annette Pember @mapember.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
US sorry for Indian boarding schools? Trump says maybe not ictnews.org/news/sorry-n...
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‘Sorry, not Sorry’: Trump administration goes silent on boarding school history
Biden’s apology for the nation’s boarding school past and his proclamation declaring Carlisle a national monument have been removed from the White House website
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Mary Annette Pember @mapember.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
At Indian Boarding Schools, “ the wounds of the flesh were wounds of the soul.” www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/b...
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An Ojibwe Writer Refuses to Let Her Mother’s Trauma Be in Vain
In “Medicine River,” Mary Annette Pember recounts what happened to her mother, and many like her, who were abused in Indian boarding schools.
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Mary Annette Pember @mapember.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
“With a government that is rewriting history in real time, “Medicine River” stands as a testament to the truth.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/b...
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Book Review: ‘Medicine River’ by Mary Annette Pember
In “Medicine River,” Mary Annette Pember examines a national shame — and the trauma it wrought in her own family.
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Mary Annette Pember @mapember.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
“With a government that is rewriting history in real time, “Medicine River” stands as a testament to the truth.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/b...
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Book Review: ‘Medicine River’ by Mary Annette Pember
In “Medicine River,” Mary Annette Pember examines a national shame — and the trauma it wrought in her own family.
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Mary Annette Pember @mapember.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Bearing witness to Indian boarding school history and its impact on Native families www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
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Review: 'Medicine River' reckons with the legacy of Indian boarding schools — through a daughter's eyes
In "Medicine River," Mary Annette Pember grapples with the harrowing legacy of boarding schools for Native Americans and the trauma they inflicted on her own family.
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Mary Annette Pember @mapember.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
@maddow.msnbc.com Although Trump cuts funding to tribes and orgs documenting Indian boarding school history, we continue to tell our stories www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
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Review: 'Medicine River' reckons with the legacy of Indian boarding schools — through a daughter's eyes
In "Medicine River," Mary Annette Pember grapples with the harrowing legacy of boarding schools for Native Americans and the trauma they inflicted on her own family.
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Mary Annette Pember @mapember.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
@lastword.msnbc.com Read the whole story of Indian boarding schools as the Trump administration cuts funding to tribes and Native orgs to document boarding school history www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
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Review: 'Medicine River' reckons with the legacy of Indian boarding schools — through a daughter's eyes
In "Medicine River," Mary Annette Pember grapples with the harrowing legacy of boarding schools for Native Americans and the trauma they inflicted on her own family.
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Mary Annette Pember @mapember.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
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Review: 'Medicine River' reckons with the legacy of Indian boarding schools — through a daughter's eyes
In "Medicine River," Mary Annette Pember grapples with the harrowing legacy of boarding schools for Native Americans and the trauma they inflicted on her own family.
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Mary Annette Pember @mapember.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
"Medicine River: a story of Survival and the Legacy of Indian Boarding schools," publishes as Trump makes major cuts to boarding school research tinyurl.com/3dm59dmd
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The devastating legacy of Native boarding schools: ‘no way people can apologize it away’
Mary Annette Pember’s expansive and shocking book Medicine River looks at the many ways that the US has tried to dehumanise and eradicate Native families
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Mary Annette Pember @mapember.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Academia finally takes a stand www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...
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Harvard Will Not Comply With a List of Trump Administration Demands
Federal officials said they would freeze the money after Harvard said it would not submit to requests to overhaul hiring and report international students who break rules.
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Mary Annette Pember @mapember.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
They’re here!
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Mary Annette Pember @mapember.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Ojibwe family may soon get justice in 35 year old cold case ictnews.org/news/murder-...
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Murder in Flambeau: An MMIP cold case gets renewed attention with DNA
Suzy Poupart's family hopes new technology can finally solve her murder after nearly 35 years
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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Kristi Noem billed South Dakota taxpayers more than $640,000 in personal travel-related costs, including a six-day trip to Paris, a bear hunt in Canada, a trip to Houston for dental work to fix her smile, and a book tour. But she can afford a $50,000 Rolex for a prison porn photo op in El Salvador.
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Kristi Noem refused to say who financed some of her travel. It was taxpayers who were on the hook
An Associated Press analysis of recently released travel records found more than $150,000 in expenses tied to Noem’s political and personal activity.
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Jamie Gangel @jamiegangel.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
New cover of The New Yorker: By Barry Blitt “Left to Their Own Devices” #NewYorkerCovers
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 25/03/2025
“The public deserves to know how dysfunctional, destructive, and deceptive all of this has been and continues to be,” an FDA employee told Politico.
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Leakers to Musk: We’re ‘not Elon’s servants’
Even before Musk’s comments, federal workers felt vulnerable and increasingly incensed.
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Mary Annette Pember @mapember.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Hooray for Harvard!! www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/u...
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Harvard Will Make Tuition Free for More Students
Harvard is the latest elite school to announce that families with incomes of $200,000 and under will not pay tuition as a way to bolster diversity.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 10/03/2025
They called him Sleepy Joe because we could sleep at night.
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Mary Annette Pember @mapember.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
NYTs excited about “Medicine River: A Story of Survival and the Legacy of Indian Boarding Schools.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/b...
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Spring Preview: A Few Books We’re Excited For
Every season brings its share of books to look forward to, and this spring is no different. On this episode Gilbert Cruz and Joumana Khatib talk about a dozen or so titles that sound interesting in th...
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Mary Annette Pember @mapember.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Navajo playwright says,”Our protest (to Trump’s takeover of the Kennedy Center) is staying and making sure our voices are heard” ictnews.org/news/groundb...
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Groundbreaking play premieres at Kennedy Center despite upheaval
Award-winning playwright Rhiana Yazzie stands firm in taking her story to Washington audiences
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Mary Annette Pember @mapember.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Republicans advised to avoid in-person town halls after confrontations over layoffs go viral www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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Republicans advised to avoid in-person town halls after confrontations over layoffs go viral
The chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee advised Republicans in a closed-door meeting that there were other ways to reach constituents.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
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soul nate @mnateshyamalan.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
it’s hard to know where anything in this country is going politically but i am 100% positive that dan bongino will accidentally shoot the gun at himself at least once
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 25/02/2025
MSNBC canceled Joy Reid's primetime show as part of a major overhaul of its programming. Black viewers are rallying behind Reid and speaking out against the cut.
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Black viewers rally around Joy Reid
MSNBC canceled her primetime show as part of a major overhaul of its programming.
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