Anton Treuer

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• Red Lake Shooting: Feeling scars, 10 years later (part 1)

  MPR’s Dan Gunderson & John Enger reports on the survivors of the 2005 mass shooting at Red Lake High School in northern Minnesota. The tragedy changed everyone involved. Survivors and others in community discuss how they now cope.

  Mar. 18, 20157 minSave
• Anton Treuer discusses the nexus of race, language, and community

  As part of the Minnesota Writers Week series, a conversation with Anton Treuer, who grew up on the Leech Lake reservation with a deep interest in history and language. He writes in the introduction to one of his books on Native history - "The borderland I grew up in was more than an awkward physical nexus of races and communities." Treuer talks about how that "nexus" still influences his work and writing.

  Jan. 30, 201534 minSave
• Book explains Native American customs and traditions

  Morning Edition’s Cathy Wurzer talks with Ojibwe author Anton Truer about his book "Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask."

  May. 4, 20127 minSave
• Indian Center

  Bemidji State University officials say American Indian enrollment is up about 15 percent from just a few years ago. Some credit BSU's American Indian Resource Center with helping Indian students succeed on campus. Anton Treuer is an Ojibwe language professor at BSU. Treuer says the center provides Indian students a supportive and culturally familiar place to network with others.

  Oct. 29, 2010Save
• 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.

  Sep. 9, 201060 minSave
• MPR Special Report: What Happened at Red Lake?

  An MPR Special Report, titled “What Happened in Red Lake?”, details the chronology of the shooting at Red Lake, what's known about the student who killed nine people and himself, and what makes this sovereign Indian community different from other communities. The special also examines the shooting within the context of other school shootings.

  Mar. 25, 2005Save
• Saving Ojibwe...Teaching Native American language

  MPR’s Mary Losure created this report for National Public Radio detailing the efforts to save Native American language by teaching it to next generation. Losure interviews both language teachers and students at Nay Ah Shing school in Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe.

  Dec. 26, 199611 minSave