Anton Treuer  (Ojibwe name Waagosh “fox”) is Professor of Ojibwe at Bemidji State University and author of more than 20 books specializing in the Ojibwe language and American Indian Studies. Dr. 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. In 2018, he was named Guardian of Culture and Lifeways by the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums.

One of the most prolific scholars of Ojibwe, Treuer is at the forefront of a movement to textualize this formerly oral language in hopes of preserving and revitalizing it. He has also worked extensively with the Ojibwe language immersion efforts underway in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Ontario and is part of a team of scholars developing Rosetta Stone for Ojibwe with the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe. Treuer is actively building an Ojibwe teacher training program at Bemidji State University and presents around the nation and the world on topics of cultural competence and equity, tribal sovereignty and history, Ojibwe language and culture, and strategies for addressing the “achievement gap”.

He generously publishes open educational resources for educators, students, and community learning intended to educate on Indigenous history, culture, language, and lived experience.