Christi Zimmeth | Special to The Detroit News Paul Black’s story about how he acquired a piece he recently brought to DuMouchelles for an appraisal was more unusual than most. “As a college student in the mid-1970s, I was in Senegal and Dakar and traded an old pair of jeans, a shirt and $5 for […]
Dana Nessel speaks to the audience at the DNC Congress Dana Nessel delivers a speech at the DNC convention. CHICAGO – Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel sent a clear message to any Republican or member of the U.S. Supreme Court considering repealing same-sex marriage protections. “You can rip this wedding ring out of my cold, […]
Samantha Jayne Allen won the Tony Hillerman Prize for her 2019 debut novel, Pay Dirt Road. Hillerman, not Native American, grew up among American Indians in Oklahoma and published 18 novels featuring Navajo police officers Joe Longhorn and Jim Chee. These books, particularly “Skinwalkers,” “The Blessing Way” and “A Thief of Time,” were award-winning and […]
Samantha Jayne Allen won the Tony Hillerman Prize for her 2019 debut novel, Pay Dirt Road. Hillerman, not Native American, grew up among American Indians in Oklahoma and published 18 novels featuring Navajo police officers Joe Longhorn and Jim Chee. These books, particularly “Skinwalkers,” “The Blessing Way” and “A Thief of Time,” were award-winning and […]
Gary Brown | Specially for The Canton Repository HEAD: In memory of Norma Snipes Marcere DIGITAL CAPTION: A Stark County educator dedicated her life to helping people who “have learning disabilities.” “Undaunted when her application for a teaching job in Canton City Schools was rejected, Norma Snipes Marcere forged a unique educational career that spanned […]
SAULT STE. MARIE – This Thursday, Sault Ste. Marie celebrates the first Jane Bamewawagezhikaquay Johnston Schoolcraft Day. Jane Bamewawagezhikaquay Johnston Schoolcraft, often known as Jane Schoolcraft, was one of the first settlers in the city that would later become Sault Ste. Marie. She is known as a Native American author and her works are the […]
Preserving Jewish history has been an ingrained part of Mara Cohen Ioannides’ work for nearly 25 years. The Springfield author is now celebrating the release of her third novel, which explores Jewish life in the Ozarks over 140 years ago. Self-published, Yellow Jack and Turpentine is the first historical novel to explore the intertwining of […]
