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Mark Trahant: Few writers as powerful as Deloria
Monday, November 21, 2005
"Few writers have ever been as powerful as Vine Deloria Jr. He died Sunday. He was 72.
His work was significant as an activist, an organizer, a college professor, a historian, a lawyer and, most of all, the author of some 20 books.
It's difficult to communicate how powerful these books were. Three of his early books -- "Custer Died for Your Sins, an Indian Manifesto," "We Talk, You Listen" and "God is Red" -- provided an intellectual framework for a new generation of leaders."
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Mark Trahant: Deloria -- remember the words of the warrior
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Mohawk: Vine Deloria Jr.'s unfolding legacy Philip
Deloria: Tales of a remarkable fatherNorbert
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