“It can’t be a recipe for a healthy nation if our largest demographic of kids is only getting to the finish line a little over half the time. Somehow, we’re going to have to start listening to other perspectives.” At TEDxBemidji, Anton Treuer gives us a focused look at mascots, microaggressions, and helping Native Americans thrive.

Dr. Anton Treuer, Professor of Ojibwe at Bemidji State University and author of 14 books, 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. Throughout the world, Dr. Treuer has shared the following presentations: 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.

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 The Caroline Bancroft History Prize and the American Association of State and Local History Award of Merit), Ojibwe in Minnesota (named 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, The Indian Wars: Battles, Bloodshed, and the Fight for Freedom on the American Frontier, and Awesiinyensag: Dibaajimowinan JiGikinoo'amaageng (named Minnesota’s Best Read for 2011 by The Center for the Book in the Library of Congress).

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx


Dr. Anton Treuer (pronounced troyer) 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 oshkaahbaywis)
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

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx