Red Earth, White Lies

Red Earth, White LiesIn this latest work by the prominent historian, Deloria turns his audacious intellect and fiery indignation to an examination of modern science as it relates to Native American oral history and exposes the myth of scientific fact, defending Indian mythology as the more truthful account of the history of the earth. Deloria grew up in South Dakota, in a small border town on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. There he was in a position to absorb the

thereby exposing dimensions of literary theory that grow from the indigenous ground of Native stories themselves

Robyn Harper died in her boarding-house hallway and Paul Panacheese inexplicably collapsed on his kitchen floor

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Kim TallBear shows how DNA testing is a powerful—and problematic—scientific process that is useful in determining close biological relatives

Whether appreciated as the poignant tale of a Lakota life

Having survived World War I

I arc across the sky of my life and the harder times are the friction that lets the worn and tired bits drop away

Gathering Moss will appeal to a wide range of readers

and steadfast fight against imperialism

Bruce Duthu explains the landmark cases in Indian law of the past two centuries and demonstrates their common thread throughout history

told by two women who are both deeply embedded in their own culture and considered among the very most skillful and artistic of Navajo weavers today