Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask

Placeholder author icon
By Anton Treuer ’91

Published Jan. 21, 2016

(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.

Paw in print

Image
An inside look up the inside of a building, with four floors and a dinosaur skeleton visible.
The Latest Issue

April 2026

Inside the new ES and SEAS complex; kudos for austerity; jazz at Princeton.