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<p>This is a very special Q&A of the book club, we encourage you
to share this invitation with your patrons statewide. The
diaspora of Native Americans is covers our state from one end to
the other. As always, there is no fee to participate nor any type
of residency requirement.<br>
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Notable Book Club presents a Q&A session about Sharon M.
Brunner's <em>Michigan Indian Boarding School Survivors Speak Out</em></h3>
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<span style="color:#006400">UP Notable Book Club</span>:</strong>
The Crystal Falls Community District Library in partnership with the
U.P. Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA) has scheduled
author events with winners of the <em>UP Notable Book List</em>.
The 46th event is with <strong>Sharon Marie Brunner</strong>. She
has published five books associated with the history of Native
Americans. Brunner is an enrolled member of the Sault Ste. Marie
[Michigan] Tribe of Chippewa Indians. The impact of Indian boarding
schools has been devastating for generations of Native Americans,
and the aftershocks continue to affect their descendants today.
Michigan was home to three: in Baraga, Harbor Springs and Mt.
Pleasant. The last to close was Holy Childhood School of Jesus, in
Harbor Springs. The aim of <a
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Indian Boarding School Survivors Speak Out</em> </a>was to both
study and preserve the memories of survivors before, during, and
after their school experience.<br>
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<em><strong>When: </strong></em>Thursday, May 8th, 2025 at 7 pm
Eastern / 6 pm Central<br>
<em><strong>Where: </strong></em>on the Zoom platform -- please
contact Evelyn Gathu in advance at <a
href="mailto:egathu@crystalfallslibrary.org?subject=UPNotableBooks&body=Please-send-me-the-zoom-link"
target="_blank"
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or by phone at (906) 875-3344. We recommend you borrow a copy of
these books from your local library or purchase from your local
bookseller in advance to get the most out of these events.<br>
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<strong><img align="right" alt="Sharon Marie Brunner is shown"
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width="250">SHARON M. BRUNNER </strong>has worked with the
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians as an
Education/Disabilities Coordinator for the tribal Head Start Program
and as an Education Coordinator for the Johnson O’Malley Program.
Sharon served as a private consultant for the Department of Health
and Human Services as a federal reviewer of tribal Head Start
Programs in the U.S. and was a professor for the Bay Mills Community
College, a tribal college. As a member of the aforementioned tribe,
she served on the Child Welfare Committee for many years. Sharon has
spent a good portion of my life either providing service or writing
about Native Americans. On May 17th, 2025 she will be presenting a
workshop on “Addressing the Needs of Native Americans in
Literature.” at the 27th annual Spring Conference of the Upper
Peninsula Publishers and Authors Association (UPPAA) at the Peter
White Public Library in Marquette, Michigan.<br>
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<div class="AuthorBio__author-bio__author-biography__WeqwH">"Sharon
Marie Brunner combines her family and tribal experiences with
historical research to provide a unique and strong foundation for
this narrative history. Originally a dissertation, which she wrote
to complete the requirements for her Masters Degree in Social
Work, Brunner soon realized that her study deserved a wider
audience. I'm grateful that her publisher, Modern History Press,
agreed. Now in book form, this landmark study is available to the
general public as well as to scholars, historians, tribal members,
and anyone interested in Native American history. Based on
interviews with Northern Michigan Native people who had lived in
an Indian Boarding School or whose parent(s) had lived in a
Boarding School,<em> Michigan Indian Boarding School Survivors
Speak Out</em> includes the interviews Brunner conducted as well
as her meticulous analysis of the resulting data, which enabled
her to delineate the social, personal, and spiritual effects of
this government enforced separation of children from their
families, and of the lasting negative impact that resulted from
the denigration of the children's Native heritage and cultural
mores. I highly recommend this book." <br>
-- <strong>Sue Harrison</strong>, international bestselling
author of <em>The Storyteller Trilogy</em>. <br>
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More information about the U.P. Notable Book list, <em>U.P. Book
Review, </em>and UPPAA can be found on <a
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About the Upper Peninsula Publishers and Authors Association
(UPPAA)</strong></div>
Established in 1998 to support authors and publishers who live in or
write about Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, UPPAA is a Michigan
nonprofit association with over 180 members, many of whose books are
featured on the organization’s website at <a
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UPPAA welcomes membership and participation from anyone with a UP
connection who is interested in writing.
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Regards,
Victor R. Volkman, President
L H Press Inc.
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.LHPress.com">www.LHPress.com</a></pre>
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