Bibliograph

Custer died for your sins, an Indian manifesto, by Vine Deloria, Jr

Type

Label

Custer died for your sins, an Indian manifesto, by Vine Deloria, Jr

Language

eng

resource.governmentPublication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Custer died for your sins

Oclc number

17234301

Responsibility statement

by Vine Deloria, Jr

Sub title

an Indian manifesto

Summary

The author speaks for his people in this witty confutation of almost everything the white man "knows" about Native AmericansIn Custer Died for your Sins, the author observes, "The Indian world has changed so substantially since the first publication of this book that some things contained in it seem new again." Indeed, it seems that each generation of whites and Indians will have to read and reread Vine Deloria’s Manifesto for some time to come, before we absorb his special, ironic Indian point of view and what he tells us, with a great deal of humor, about U.S. race relations, federal bureaucracies, Christian churches, and social scientists. This book continues to be required reading for all Americans, whatever their special interest. -- Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Indians today, the real and the unreal -- Laws and treaties -- Disastrous policy of termination -- Anthropologists and other friends -- Missionaries and the religious vacuum -- Government agencies -- Indian humor -- Red and the black -- Problem of Indian leadership -- Indians and modern society -- Redefinition of Indian affairs

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