ABSTRACT
Widely recognized for his many books about Native Americans, Vine Deloria Jr. (Standing Rock Sioux) challenged academics as well as the public to work toward better ways of interpreting and writing about Native American origins and identities. In this selection, Deloria asks readers to think beyond the prevailing scientific arguments about native origins. Deloria wants readers to consider native oral stories in a different way: as rich sources on various North American geological activities dating thousands of years before Europeans arrived.
