The goal, “is about building strong human beings who are OK in their own skin as load-bearing members of the country and the world, and with a toolbox for health and happiness.” —Anton Treuer
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"The Indian Wars: Battles, Bloodshed, and the Fight for Freedom on the American Frontier" Open for Online Orders →
From conquests to culture clashes to tribal combat, learn how the Indian Wars changed the world.
Read More"Warrior Nation" Wins the 2016 Caroline Bancroft History Prize
“Even when I am dead, I will haunt the shores of these waters. My spirit will never be at rest until all of the lake is back in the hands of my people.” —Peter Graves in Warrior Nation: A History of the Red Lake Ojibwe
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"Power concedes nothing without demand." —Frederick Douglass
Read More"Warrior Nation" Listed as Hennepin County Library's Recommended Nonfiction
"Every time they tried bury us, they didn't realize that we were the seeds." —Anna Gibbs
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"Power concedes nothing without demand." —Frederick Douglass
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The Indian Wars: Battles, Bloodshed, and the Fight for Freedom on the American Frontier
Read MoreWarrior Nation Review in the Bemidji Pioneer →
Red Lake has been mentioned in books before, but Treuer's "Warrior Nation: A History of the Red Lake Ojibwe" is the first major history book about the Red Lake Indian Reservation.
Read MoreWarrior Nation Book Review in the Minneapolis Star Tribune →
When Chief He Who Is Spoken To and other tribal leaders met with government negotiators in 1889, “They would sign nothing unless it protected the exclusive tribal ownership of both Upper and Lower Red Lake,” Treuer writes. “Today, a third of Upper Red Lake is excluded from the reservation boundaries. There are white homes and resorts along the shore at Waskish, on Upper Red Lake.” The people of Red Lake “bear no ill will against the white residents there, but they know the land rightfully belongs to them.” —Chuck Haga
Read MoreAnton Treuer on NPR Source of the Week →
What do you want to know about Indians?
Read MoreRedskins Must Go →
Gretchen Wilson might take pride in being called "redneck woman" but I can't call all white women by that label. It's same for nonnatives who want to call me "redskin."
Read MoreVideo: Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask →
Entertaining and informative, watch and listen to what's generating the buzz about Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask.
Read MoreAnton Treuer on C-SPAN Book TV: After Words →
In his book, this expert of Ojibwe history and language answers more than one hundred questions about Native Americans, many of which he’s been asked while giving public lecturers in Minnesota. The questions range from thoughtful and funny to what many may consider offensive, but Mr. Treuer answers with frankness, and often from a personal perspective.
Read MoreMPR: Professor wants to foster new generation of Ojibwe speakers →
The history of the Ojibwe people goes back thousands of years and is woven into the story of the state of Minnesota. One writer and college professor is determined that Ojibwe history, language and culture not be forgotten.
Read MoreNPR: Fighting for the Ojibwe Language →
Working hard to keep the Ojibwe language alive.
Read MoreNPR: Behind the Native American "Achievement" Gap →
Over five million people in the U.S. claim some form of Native American identity, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. For Native American Heritage Month, guest host Celeste Headlee checks back in with author Anton Treuer about historic education challenges Native Americans have faced and what's being done to close the achievement gap.
Read MoreNPR: Native American Tribes Venture Out of Gaming →
Nearly half of all Native American tribes across the country are benefiting from casinos and other gaming revenues. For most, it's their largest source of income. But growing threats to that revenue due to competition from non-Indian gaming are forcing many tribes to look for other investment opportunities.
Read MoreBreaking Gender Barriers in Tribal Politics
In Minnesota's Ojibwe communities, the political gender gap has evaporated. Today 57 percent of the top elected officials are women, including Erma Vizenor at White Earth, Karen Diver at Fond du Lac, Melanie Benjamin at Mille Lacs, and Carrie Jones at Leech Lake.
Read MoreOjibwe Language Spots on the Affordable Care Act →
Such a pleasure to work with Anna Gibbs on this Ojibwe language project
Read MoreAnton Treuer on NPR's Tell Me More: Retaining Native Students →
Great conversation with host Michel Martin.
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