Archive for November, 2005

Vine Deloria, Jr. RIP

Tuesday, November 15th, 2005

Possessor of probably the greatest indigenous mind in the 20th century, Vine Deloria, Jr. passed away just this past Sunday.  I am so sad. The world has lost a true intellectual and amazing activist.  I had the chance to meet him just last December in Palm Springs, CA.  He was kind, witty, articulate, and brilliant.

If you’ve never read anything by Deloria, you are missing out.  Check out these websites for more information:

http://www.indigenouspeople.net/vine.htm

http://www.ipl.org/div/natam/bin/browse.pl/A31

And here is an article about his passing in the NY Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/15/national/15deloria.html

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