Bemidji State University’s Dr. Anton Treuer, professor of Ojibwe in BSU’s Department of Languages and Indigenous Studies, was recently named a finalist in the 33rd annual 2021 Minnesota Book Awards.
Finalists, who must reside in Minnesota, were selected by a cohort of 27 judges including librarians, booksellers, teachers and writers from across state.
Treuer’s “The Language Warrior’s Manifesto: How to Keep Our Languages Alive No Matter the Odds” is a finalist in the general nonfiction category.
Organized by The Friends of the St. Paul Public Library, the winners will be announced during a virtual ceremony on April 29.
ABOUT DR. ANTON TREUER
An internationally renowned expert on cultural and language preservation, Treuer has authored 19 books and is a professor in the Department of Languages and Indigenous Studies at Bemidji State University. His book, “Ojibwe in Minnesota,” was named Minnesota’s Best Read by the Center for the Book at the Library of Congress in 2010. He edited “Awesiinyensag: Dibaajimowinan Ji-gikinoo’amaageng,” an Ojibwe-language children’s book that was named Minnesota’s Best Read for 2011. And In 2012, he won the Award of Merit from the American Association of State and Local History for his book, “The Assassination of Hole in the Day.”
At BSU, Treuer teaches courses on Ojibwe language, culture, history and literature. Before joining the BSU faculty, Treuer spent four years as an assistant professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Treuer is a member of the Minnesota State Arts Board and has served on the boards for the white Earth Land Recovery Project and the Sanford/MeritCare health system. He has received dozens of awards and fellowships from organizations including 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.
Treuer has a bachelor’s degree from Princeton University and holds master’s and doctorate degrees from the University of Minnesota.
Contact
- Dr. Anton Treuer, professor of languages and Indigenous studies; 218-755-2032, anton.treuer@bemidjistate.edu
Links
- Dr. Anton Treuer
- “The Language Warrior’s Manifesto” at the Minnesota Historical Society
- Languages and Indigenous Studies
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