An Indigenous Reading List
Legend, Vine Deloria, Jr. As best-selling author, Deloria spoke authoritatively on tribal sovereignty and self-determination.
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Vine Deloria, Jr.Legend, Vine Deloria, Jr., known to many as the leading American Indian intellectual of the 20th century. Deloria, a member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, was born in 1933 in Martin, South Dakota, near the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. After graduating in 1951 from Kent School, a private college-preparatory school in Connecticut, Deloria served in the Marines for several years. In 1958, Deloria graduated from Iowa State University with a degree in general science. Later, he earned a master’s degree in theology from Lutheran School of Theology in 1963 and a JD from Colorado Law in 1970.
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In 1969, Deloria published Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto, the first of more than 20 books he would write during his career. The book is considered one of the most prominent works ever written on American Indian affairs.
Custer asserted a vibrant Indian presence, drove the tribal struggle into the national spotlight, and became a centerpiece of the movement for tribal “self-determination,” a principle now recognized in tribal, federal, and international law. |
Native American BookstoreBirchbark Books is an Indigenous owned and operated bookstore. Meanwhile, here are a books few to consider:
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