Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto Summary
Vine Deloria, Jr.

Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto Summary

This collection of essays, written by Indian activist Vine Deloria Jr., explores how Indians have been treated by white agencies (including churches and the government), documenting the effects of such treatment and proposing options for future action by Indian leaders. The relationship between whites and blacks is, in fact, the collection's central thematic perspective as well, placing his observations and commentary within two similarly thematic/narrative contexts - his portrayal of...

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