(Borealis Books) In a question-and-answer format, Treuer provides answers to over 120 questions, from What is a powwow? to What is Indian religion? Offering a balanced and frank look at Indian culture, Treuer hopes his book will help readers better understand this often imagined, but rarely understood culture. Treuer is an Ojibwe scholar and cultural preservationist who grew up on the Leech Lake Ojibwe Reservation in Minnesota.