Bernice Pember and several other family members were enrolled in St. Mary’s Catholic Indian boarding school in Odanah, Wisconsin. It was one of more than 500 boarding schools in the United States.

In “Medicine River,” Mary Annette Pember recounts what happened to her mother, and many like her, who were abused in Indian boarding schools.

One day in early fall 1930, a black car arrived at a small wood-frame house in Odanah, Wisconsin, to whisk 5-year-old Bernice Rabideaux and her four siblings away to St. Mary’s Catholic Indian ...

In “Medicine River,” Mary Annette Pember examines a national shame — and the trauma it wrought in her own family.

Mary Annette Pember’s mother was sent to an Indian boarding school in Wisconsin at age 5, and in “Medicine River” she investigates the legacy of such schools on Native Americans.

ODANAH, WI— The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa has objected to permitting Enbridge’s proposed Line 5 reroute under the Clean Water Act, saying the project will violate the tribe’s water ...

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She was born on August 27, 1940 in Ashland, WI.; she was raised in Odanah, WI by Florina (Barbaneau) Denomie; married Carl Rose Jr.; and had a family of four wonderful children.

Are you located in the ODANAH, WI area? A phone system is considered by many to be the lifeblood of a business and inexperienced buyers should not be left alone when making this critical purchasing ...

ODANAH, Wisconsin – Daniel Wiggins Jr. sipped his coffee, which he took light and sweet. The sip gave him a moment to slow the tears welling up in his eyes. It was Father’s Day, and he ...