Join us as we celebrate the release of Janis Fairbanks’ new book, Sugar Bush Babies!
Date: Friday, October 10th
Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Location: FDLTCC Commons
During the event, Janis Fairbanks and Rain Newcomb will have a conversation about the book. Janis will read briefly and then sign copies. The event will include a feast and children’s activities.
Per the author’s request, this will be the first place Sugar Bush Babies is officially available to the public.
Book description:
Why did Janis keep running away from kindergarten? She wanted to go home—not to the noisy Duluth house, but to the log cabin among wildflowers on the Leech Lake Reservation. When her parents settled in the city, they offered a compromise: summers with Grandma on the Fond du Lac Reservation, where Janis listened to stories, learned Ojibwe, and found her place in the world.
In Sugar Bush Babies, FDL elder Janis A. Fairbanks revisits her childhood during Indian Relocation, moving between Ojibwe villages and white communities shaped by Hollywood myths. Through Grandma’s teachings and vivid memories—boarding school tales, powwows, Girl Scout camp, and selling lilacs—Fairbanks shares a lyrical memoir of love, tradition, and the enduring power of women’s wisdom.
Sugar Bush Babies is published by University of Minnesota Press. Copies will be available for purchase in the FDLTCC Bookstore.
https://fdltcc.edu/event/janis-fairbanks-sugar-bush-babies-book-release/
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