“We are more than the sum of our tragedies.” —Elias Treuer
Read MoreIt Happens Here: The Roots of Ineqaulity on the North Shore →
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I think about the positive identity development of Native youth all the time and not just because I am an educator and author. I love my Ojibwe language and culture, but I want to turn Native fiction on its head. We have so many stories about trauma and tragedy with characters who lament the culture that they were always denied. I want to show how vibrant and alive our culture still is. I want gripping stories where none of the Native characters are drug addicts, rapists, abused, or abusing others. I want to demonstrate the magnificence of our elders, the humor of our people, and the power of forgiveness and reconciliation. —Anton Treuer
Read MoreWhere Wolves Don't Die on Prairie Public Radio →
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Scholar Anton Treuer has written extensively about Ojibwe life. He's now out with his first novel, Where Wolves Don't Die. The book explores masculinity, living with nature, family secrets, and race relations.
Justice Road: A Perspective on the Synder Act →
“The Snyder Act was but a step in a long journey toward justice, and commemorating it one hundred years later is just another step on that same path. There is a lot of road behind us, and even more ahead. It now falls upon us to take stock of the 100-year milestone of Indigenous citizenship in America and hold our nation accountable to delivering the freedom and equality that will humanize us all and help heal our troubled nation.” —Anton Treuer
Read MorePower Pair: Brothers Anton Treuer and David Treuer on writing and Ojibwe culture
Power Pair: Brothers Anton Treuer and David Treuer on writing and Ojibwe culture
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“There’s no doubt that the people of Red Lake understood that they would keep all of Upper Red Lake and all of Lower Red Lake when at the signed they signed the Nelson Act.” —Anton Treuer
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“Sacred objects are not just things that are associated with the ceremony. They are sacred in and of themselves. They belong in their cultural context, not behind a wall of glass.” —Anton Treuer
Read MoreSharing Ojibwe culture and language with Dr. Anton Treuer: Understand Native Minnesota Podcast →
We don’t live in two worlds. We live in one world. We don’t have to code-switch to make it out there. We don’t have to maintain a dual consciousness. People from other cultures don’t have to sacrifice theirs to enter our world, and natives don’t have to sacrifice their cultures to navigate the modern world. We can be exactly who we are—exactly who the creator wanted us to be—and thrive. —Anton Treuer, The Cultural Toolbox: Traditional Ojibwe Living in the Modern World
Read MoreSpiritual Exemplars: Extraordinary Individuals Fueled by Engaged Spirituality →
“It is not enough to just navigate systems but to work to change those systems to render them more equitable. The more we act in alignment with our spiritual values and principles, and the more that we act not just with performative humility and performative niceness, but with genuine kindness and a genuine desire to serve others, the greater the good we will be able to accomplish.” —Anton Treuer
Read MoreOjibwe Collaboration Program →
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Read More'I got myself back': Minnesota reservation’s project strengthens individuals to build community →
“I think something that sometimes gets lost in our conversations about historical trauma and loss is that it's not just the bad stuff that gets passed forward,” he said. “The good stuff gets passed forward too. We are not just the inheritors of historical trauma, we are also the inheritors of historical resiliency.” —Anton Treuer
Read MoreAnton Treuer on Chapters4Change about "The Cultural Toolbox" →
Connection and culture live inside of us. Having a rich cultural life is not just about looking out and looking for; it is about looking within. We can do that where ever we live. The awakening is healing and empowering. —Anton Treuer, The Cultural Toolbox: Traditional Ojibwe Living in the Modern World
Read MoreAnton Treuer: Keeping the Language Alive →
Indebweyendaan gaa-miinigoowiziyang.
Read MoreOJIBWE LANGUAGE BOOKS: Five books released with stories told by elders →
A collaborative effort between the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe - @mlbononremovable and the @minnesotahistoricalsociety/Minnesota Historical Society Press has resulted in the release of five books in the Ojibwe language. It’s all part of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe - Aanjibimaadizing Project where sixteen first speakers teamed with linguists, teachers, and Ojibwe language experts to create the books. Along with the books, the Aanjibimaadizing Project is developing a @rosettastone Ojibwe language learning program.
Read More‘This is how they see the world’: Mille Lacs launches Rosetta Stone program to teach Ojibwe →
Shirley Boyd, a member of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, is a fluent Ojibwe speaker. She participated in the band’s project with Rosetta Stone to create a learning program to help teach the Ojibwe language to future generations.
Read MoreAnton Treuer's Quest to Revive the Ojibwe Language →
Debweyendandaa!
Read MoreSovereignty is Sacred: Sharing our Rights and Cultures →
“Indians. We are so often imagined and so infrequently understood.” —Anton Treuer
Read MoreOne Community One Read Hosts Anton Treuer →
“Indians. We are so often imagined and so infrequently well understood.” —Anton Treuer
Read MoreA Native ‘Ambassador in the Borderlands’ →
Of course, within Indigenous communities, we have a diversity of opinions—and emotionally charged opinions—on a whole range of topics, and we don’t all think the same way, act the same way, vote the same way.
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