Some highlights include: a rationalization of the 'ancient astronauts' theory, a log of how natives haveVine Deloria describes the state of religion in the United States as it pertains to both caucasian history and beliefs and native history and beliefs. The cavalry slaughtered those Indians who resisted surrendering their freedom. Welcome back. "Vine Victor Deloria, Jr. was an American Indian author, theologian, historian, and activist. In addition, one of the things that has really struck me is his statement that in this land (the US), God is red--ie, the indigenous belief system of all the land that we drive over, build houses, malls, and schools on, and generally foul up is that of its indigenous people. You must really have a desire to learn Native American history accurately, and Vine Deloria is the right person for this endeavor as he was a Native American author, theologian, historian, and activist. If you want to look at other instutionalized religions in a clear and objective lense, try reading Mr. Deloria’s works. Great book.Finally finished (skimmed through the last 100 pages), not as impressed as I thought I would be. Vine Victor Deloria Jr. was a Native American author, theologian, historian, and activist.
Deloria is perhaps what today we call a religious extremist, but his university educated mind channels the point of view sorely lacking in today's discourse in religious tolerance: that of Native peoples. hޜXˎ$5����η��G.�7�a%F� �=~D������.��쩨t:23ܭU/��V�p���ܦ�J�>�^�/���¾)��Т�)+� /�`��� �i�?ܗOK��|6�X>/Mm�����F���z����^i����߈K�u�d�r����k�de��|>�X�(]m���n:���nsbӢB����p�L�zB��pcV����/_���ҕ���� ��3M�;�ͨd�#b�d��:��mec�}eC�01�ͼ��ZX��d���o������ ��6���"���a��E���g��ijV�m⍄����`/�E�q��D>�|��߿�5��/�����Ek��S;��^~��חO_~y����큱�|`dz?0蹍A8����˟���]������:G`pr���]2V�v��w/�1�~X l�ѾS�w�};��ǣ��A����Y�y He berates modern white people for "idealizing" Native Americans and in the very next chapter makes statements like, "The Indian does not fear death." We have much to learn from this respectfulness because our Mother is dying from what we didn't know, and from wrongful attitudes.
I can imagine that this book is being used in colleges in their Native American classes, and I believe I would have preferred to have studied this with a professor than to have read it on my own, as I would have learned so much more thThis scholarly work by Vine Deloria, Jr. is a difficult read.
As humans, we all experience different levels of a heightened awareness. First published in , Vine Deloria Jr.’s God Is Red remains the seminal work on Native religious views, asking new questions about our species and our. But there were elements that were so far above my head I felt on a completely different level, and there were also elements so over-simplified I felt more intelligent than the target audience.
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