Bibliograph

Red earth, white lies, Native Americans and the myth of scientific fact, Vine Deloria, Jr

Type

Label

Red earth, white lies, Native Americans and the myth of scientific fact, Vine Deloria, Jr

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Red earth, white lies

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Vine Deloria, Jr

Sub title

Native Americans and the myth of scientific fact

Summary

Vine Deloria, Jr., leading Native American scholar and author of the best-selling God is Red, addresses the conflict between mainstream scientific theory about our world and the ancestral worldview of Native Americans. Claiming that science has created a largely fictional scenario for American Indians in prehistoric North America, Deloria offers an alternative view of the continent's history as seen through the eyes and memories of Native Americans. Further, he warns future generations of scientists not to repeat the ethnocentric omissions and fallacies of the past by dismissing Native oral tradition as mere legends

Target audience

adult

Classification