About the Author

Anton Treuer is professor of Ojibwe at Bemidji State University and author of fourteen books. He has a BA from Princeton University and an MA and PhD from the University of Minnesota. He is editor of the Oshkaabewis Native Journal, the only academic journal of the Ojibwe language. Dr. Treuer has presented all over the United States and Canada and in several foreign countries on “Everything You Wanted to Know about Indians But Were Afraid to Ask,” cultural competence and equity, strategies for addressing the “achievement” gap, and tribal sovereignty, history, language, and culture. His books published by the Minnesota Historical Society Press are 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), and Living Our Language: Ojibwe Tales and Oral Histories. Connect with him at faculty.bemidjistate.edu/atreuer/.