The acclaimed Bemidji author and Ojibwe professor’s debut novel is part coming-of-age, part thriller, set in Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nation.
BEMIDJI – Acclaimed author Anton Treuer has made his mark as a professor of Ojibwe at Bemidji State University and writer of Ojibwe language, history and culture. His equity, education, and cultural work has put him on a path of service around the nation and the world.
Treuer now tackles the world of fiction with his first novel, Where Wolves Don't Die, published by Levine Querido. This is a heartwarming story, part coming-of-age and part thriller where we are introduced to 15-year-old Ezra Cloud who would rather be up north in Red Gut (Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nation) just beyond the Canadian border. But his father’s job as a professor of Ojibwe at a local college keeps them in Northeast Minneapolis with its pollution, drab surroundings and the bully who terrorizes him and his best friend, Nora.