When asked by an anthropologist what the Indians called America before the white man came, an Indian said simply, Ours.
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Western civilization, unfortunately, does not link knowledge and morality but rather, it connects knowledge and power and makes them equivalent.
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| Birth: | 26th March, 1933 |
| Death: | 13th November, 2005 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Activist, Author, Historian, Theologian |
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Vine Victor Deloria, Jr. was an American Indian author, theologian, historian, and activist. He was widely known for his book Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto, which helped generate national attention to Native American issues in the same year as the Alcatraz-Red Power Movement.
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