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Jodi Rave: Deloria represented human adventure
Thursday, November 17, 2005

"A traditional healer on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota reminded my family that death can inspire both sorrow and hope.

Our family would lose a loved one, the medicine man said. But he reminded us: We are not humans on a spiritual adventure but spirits on a human adventure.

No spirit lived that human adventure more fully than Vine Deloria Jr., who died at 6:30 a.m. Nov. 13 in a Boulder, Colo., hospital.

Phones began to ring and e-mails started circulating that Sunday: A warrior of the Northern Plains had fallen, a warrior whose deeds have resonated far beyond the Great Lakota Nation."

Get the Story:
Jodi Rave: Deloria was an expert on living the human adventure (The Lincoln Journal Star 11/17)

Indian Country Today Articles from January 10, 2005:
Wilma Mankiller: An original thinker with a warrior's spirit
Suzan Shown Harjo: Selective memories of Vine Deloria Jr.
Faith Spotted Eagle: Deksi (Uncle) Vine
Charlie Wilkins: Visionary thinker and wordsmith par excellence
Hank Adams: A Vine Deloria Jr. collaboration: The first decade
John Mohawk: Vine Deloria Jr.'s unfolding legacy
Philip Deloria: Tales of a remarkable father
Norbert Hill: A hero to many

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Rick Williams: On the passing of Vine Deloria Jr. (11/16)
Editorial: Deloria changed how America views Indians (11/16)
Art Coulson: Safe journey for Vine Deloria Jr. (11/16)
Appreciation: Deloria an influential American (11/16)
Indian Country: In memoriam Vine Deloria Jr. (11/16)
Editorial: Deloria contributed to all Americans (11/16)
Vine DeLoria: Spoke for a nation of Natives (11/15)
Deloria hailed as 'visionary' for role in Indian affairs (03/11)
Jodi Rave: Deloria unknown because he's Indian (01/24)
Vine Deloria is ICT's American Indian Visionary (01/10)
Column: Vine Deloria refuses honorary degree (05/25)

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