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Vine Victor Deloria Jr. (March 26, 1933 – November 13, 2005, Standing Rock Sioux) was an author, theologian, historian, and activist for Native American rights. He was widely known for his book Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto (1969), which helped attract national attention to Native American issues in the same year as the ...
Nov 15, 2005 · Vine Deloria Jr., a Standing Rock Sioux who burst into the American consciousness in 1969 with his book ''Custer Died for Your Sins'' and later amplified his message through 20 more...
Nov 13, 2005 · Vine Deloria, Jr., (b. March 14, 1933-d. November 13, 2005) was a Standing Rock Sioux lawyer, teacher, activist and writer. After completing his schooling, he worked as the executive director for the National Conference of American Indians (NCAI) from 1964-1967, where he advocated for the rights of Native Americans.
A member of the Standing Rock Sioux (Lakota) nation, Vine Deloria, Jr., is one of the most important intellectual and cultural voices in American and Indigenous philosophy and politics from the second half of the 20 th century.
Nov 15, 2005 · He was 72 and lived in Golden, just west of Denver, and had recently been hospitalized with an aortic aneurysm. Mr. Deloria, who was trained as both a seminarian and a lawyer, steadfastly worked to demythologize how white Americans thought of American Indians.
Dec 12, 2005 · Deloria got his start as a scholar and activist in the 1960s, as executive director of the National Conference of American Indians, the nation’s largest intertribal organization.
Nov 15, 2005 · Vine Deloria Jr., author of the scathing bestseller “Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto” and an influential historian and spokesman for Native American rights, has died. He was 72.
