Dr Anton Treuer

Professor
Office/Department: Languages and Indigenous Studies, Department of, Indigenous Studies
Location: American Indian Resource Center 112
Phone: (218) 755-3968
Box #: 21
Email: anton.treuer@bemidjistate.edu
Website: Anton Treuer
Bio
Dr. Anton Treuer (pronounced troy-er) is Professor of Ojibwe at Bemidji State University and author of 14 books. He has a B.A. from Princeton University and a M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. He is Editor of the Oshkaabewis (pronounced o-shkaah-bay-wis) Native Journal, the only academic journal of the Ojibwe language. Dr. Treuer has presented all over the U.S. and Canada and in several foreign countries on Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask, Cultural Competence & Equity, Strategies for Addressing the “Achievement” Gap, and Tribal Sovereignty, History, Language, and Culture. He has sat on many organizational boards and has received more than 40 prestigious awards and fellowships, including ones from the American Philosophical Society, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Science Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation, the Bush Foundation, and the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. His published works include Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask, Warrior Nation: A History of the Red Lake Ojibwe (Winner of Caroline Bancroft History Prize and the American Association of State and Local History Award of Merit), Ojibwe in Minnesota (“Minnesota’s Best Read for 2010” by The Center for the Book in the Library of Congress), The Assassination of Hole in the Day (Award of Merit Winner from the American Association for State and Local History), Atlas of Indian Nations, and Awesiinyensag (“Minnesota’s Best Read for 2011” by The Center for the Book in the Library of Congress).
Degrees
University of Minnesota
MA and PhD
Princeton University
BA
Recent Work
- Warrior Nation: A History of the Red Lake Ojibwe Winner of the Caroline Bancroft History Prize and Award of Merit Winner from the American Association for State and Local History
- The Indian Wars: Battles, Bloodshed, and the Fight for Freedom on the American Frontier
- Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask
- Ojibwe in Minnesota
“Minnesota’s Best Read for 2010” by The Center for the Book in the Library of Congress - The Assassination of Hole in the Day
Award of Merit Winner from the American Association for State and Local History - Atlas of Indian Nations
- Mino-doodaading: Dibaajimowinan Ji-mino-ayaang
- Naadamaading: Dibaajimowinan Ji-nisidotaading
- Wiijikiiwending
- Ezhichigeyang: Ojibwe Word List
- Awesiinyensag: Dibaajimowinan Ji-gikinoo’amaageng
“Minnesota’s Best Read for 2011” by The Center for the Book in the Library of Congress - Living Our Language: Ojibwe Tales & Oral Histories
- Aaniin Ekidong: Ojibwe Vocabulary Project
- Indian Nations of North America
- Omaa Akiing
Other Information
Contact
Email: atreuer@bemidjistate.edu
Phone: 218-755-2032
Skype: anton.treuer
Twitter: @antontreuer
Facebook: Anton Treuer
Linked In: Anton Treuer
Amazon Author Page: Anton Treuer
Mailing Address:
112 American Indian Resource Center #21
Bemidji State University
1500 Birchmont Drive NE
Bemidji, MN 56601