A 'Digital Wigwam' Explores the Trauma of Indian Boarding Schools at the Family Level

Mary Annette Pember
March 15, 2013
In the fall, journalist and ICTMN contributor Mary Annette Pember displayed an installation called Digital Wigwam at Thunder-Sky, Inc., a gallery specializing in outsider art in Ci...

Wisconsin Tribes Struggle to Save Their Brothers the Wolves From Sanctioned Hunt

Mary Annette Pember
August 14, 2012
“Is nothing sacred anymore?” asked Mike Wiggins, chairman of the Bad River Ojibwe Tribe in Wisconsin, in reaction to the proposed wolf hunt in the state...

NPR Discussion: 'How Do You Prove You're a Native American?'

ICTMN Staff
June 07, 2012
On the June 7th edition of the NPR program "Talk of the Nation," guests discussed the questions of Indian identity and ethnic fraud that have come to the surface with the recent fl...
Mary Annette Pember

Whiteclay: Oglala Lakota Lawsuit Keeps Alcohol Problem on Front Burner

As a Native American woman and recovering alcoholic I am grateful for Whiteclay, Nebraska for the simple reason that it keeps the disease of alcoholism and addiction right where it needs to be for our people: front and center....

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June 05, 2012

On Mothers and Earth: Mark Anthony Rolo Pays Homage, Remembers His Mother in Memoir

Mary Annette Pember
June 10, 2012
Mothers and Earth, Joined in the End To read Mark Anthony Rolo’s My Mother Is Now Earth (Borealis Books, 2012) is to have your heart suddenly rise into your throat, spreading its w...

Mary Annette Pember Wears a Tribute to Her Mother, Tattooed on her Wrist

ICTMN Staff
May 12, 2012
Recently, while searching for something else, Mary Annette Pember stumbled upon her mother's beadwork. Holding the intricate designs in her hands, she was flooded with memories...

NPR Investigation Reveals How the Foster Care System Steals Indian Children From Their Families and Culture

ICTMN Staff
November 04, 2011
A year-long National Public Radio (NPR) investigation has found that nearly 700 Native children in South Dakota are being removed from their homes and placed in foster homes every ...

An Ojibwe Woman Embraces Forgiveness for her Mother, a Boarding School Survivor

ICTMN Staff
November 03, 2011
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NLM Director Discusses Traditional Healing With Nine Indian Medicine Men

ICTMN Staff
November 02, 2011
Chief Leonard Crow Dog, Sicangu Lakota medicine man, spoke about the spiritual dimension of healing...

Mary Annette Pember Examines the Root Causes of her Food Addiction

ICTMN Staff
February 03, 2012
Mary Annette Pember, Ojibwe, explores the medicating role food has played in her life, leading to obesity and diabetes, in her blog post "Eat, Pray, Love...East Some More" on Daily...

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