Afternoon Breakout 1 - Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Too Afraid to Ask

A London-Middlesex System-Wide Professional Learning Day
Friday, November 15, 2024
2:15 pm - 3:45 pm ET
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Indigenous people stopped referring to themselves as Aboriginal or Indian and started calling themselves First Nations people… I use the terms Indian, Native, Native American, and Indigenous in this book intentionally and with full knowledge of their shortcomings and the risk that some of them are confusing or even give some people offense.” (p. 13-15 from Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Too Afraid to Ask)

Ranging from “Why is there such a fuss about nonnative people wearing Indian costumes for Halloween?” to “Why is it called a ‘traditional Indian fry bread taco’?“ to “What’s it like for natives who don’t look native?” to “Why are Indians so often imagined rather than understood?”, and beyond, Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask does exactly what its title says, in a style consistently thoughtful, personal, and engaging.

White/Indian relations are often characterized by guilt and anger. Everything You Wanted to Know about Indians But Were Afraid to Ask cuts through the emotion and builds a foundation for true understanding and positive action.

Anton welcomes any questions you may have, whether in the moment or in advance.

Anton Treuer (pronounced troy-er) is Professor of Ojibwe at Bemidji State University and author of many books. He has a B.A. from Princeton University and a M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. Treuer is a member of the governing boards for the Minnesota State Historical Society and Waadookodaading Ojibwe Language Institute and has received many 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, the First Nations Development Institute, and the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. In 2018, he was named Guardian of Culture and Lifeways and recipient of the Pathfinder Award by the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums. His equity, education, and cultural work has put him on a path of service around the nation and the world.

Indigenous people stopped referring to themselves as Aboriginal or Indian and started calling themselves First Nations people… I use the terms Indian, Native, Native American, and Indigenous in this book intentionally and with full knowledge of their shortcomings and the risk that some of them are confusing or even give some people offense.” (p. 13-15 from Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Too Afraid to Ask)

Ranging from “Why is there such a fuss about nonnative people wearing Indian costumes for Halloween?” to “Why is it called a ‘traditional Indian fry bread taco’?“ to “What’s it like for natives who don’t look native?” to “Why are Indians so often imagined rather than understood?”, and beyond, Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask does exactly what its title says, in a style consistently thoughtful, personal, and engaging.

White/Indian relations are often characterized by guilt and anger. Everything You Wanted to Know about Indians But Were Afraid to Ask cuts through the emotion and builds a foundation for true understanding and positive action.

Anton welcomes any questions you may have, whether in the moment or in advance.

Anton Treuer (pronounced troy-er) is Professor of Ojibwe at Bemidji State University and author of many books. He has a B.A. from Princeton University and a M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. Treuer is a member of the governing boards for the Minnesota State Historical Society and Waadookodaading Ojibwe Language Institute and has received many 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, the First Nations Development Institute, and the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. In 2018, he was named Guardian of Culture and Lifeways and recipient of the Pathfinder Award by the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums. His equity, education, and cultural work has put him on a path of service around the nation and the world.
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