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More than thirty stories from a variety of Native American sources covering creation myths, hero tales, and trickster stories, as well as tales of little people, giants, and monsters, and of magic, enchantment, sorcery, and the spirit world. Included are "The White Stone Canoe" (Chippewa), "Raven Pretends to Build a Canoe" (Tsimhian), "The Theft from the Sun" (Blackfoot), "The Loon’s Necklace" (Iroquois), "The Rabbit Goes Duck Hunting" (Cherokee), "The Coyote" (Pueblo), "The Origin of the Buffalo and of Corn" (Cheyenne), many more.
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Native American Tales & Legends
This is a great book ! Easy to read, many different legends.
I bought it for myself & my 8 year old grandson asked if he could have it,
so I ordered one for him.
M. Hudson

Very worthwhile for children and adults alike
Compiled by Allan MacFarlan, Native American Tales and Legends compiles myths and stories drawn from the title culture.Featuring more than thirty tales, Native American Tales and Legends feature heroic stories and allegories, folk tales, and tales of the spirit world among others, which is pretty much what anyone at all familiar with the Native American culture would expect.Children will enjoy the fairy tale-like quality and dreamlike states of many of the tales ("Manstin, the Rabbit" in particular) and followers of the culture will enjoy this collection even more so.The only real downside of Native American Tales and Legends is that more material wasn't included in this collection, and that no poetry from the culture is featured either, which contains just as much mythology and heart as any of the other stories featured here.Despite that, this is instantly worth picking up regardless. ... Read more

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One of the great documents of colonial Mexico, the Codex Chimalpopoca chronicles the rise of Aztec civilization and preserves the mythology on which it was based. Its two complementary texts, Annals of Cuauhtitlan and Legend of the Suns, record the pre-Cortésian history of the Valley of Mexico together with firsthand versions of that region's myths. Of particular interest are the stories of the hero-god Quetzalcoatl, for which the Chimalpopoca is the premier source. John Bierhorst's work is the first major scholarship on the Codex Chimalpopoca in more than forty years. His is the first edition in English and the first in any language to include the complete text of the Legend of the Suns. The precise, readable translation not only contributes to the study of Aztec history and literature but also makes the codex an indispensable reference for Aztec cultural topics, including land tenure, statecraft, the role of women, the tribute system, warfare, and human sacrifice. ... Read more

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An excellent scholarly work
The book is an excellent base for the study of prehispanic Mexico. It is extremely useful also for the student of Nahuatl language because it also offers the full original version of these texts in the companion volume. It gives a slightly different point of view to these two fundamental texts from the spanish translation by Primo Feliciano Velazquez. Although less poetic than the spanish version, it is probably closer to the litteral meaning of the nahuatl original, and thus very useful for the understanding of each fragment separately. It is a classical work which can be bought in full confidence.

Fine resource
From the Eco Travels in Latin America website- This book offers a new translation that is literally a new telling of this Aztec codex. A lively story, complete with a thorough index - it's the first publication of this work in English as well. The chronicle presents background on the origin of the year count, the life of Quetzalcoatl and the wars of the Mexica. ... Read more

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A collection of myths drawn from the native cultures of North America--from the Inuit in the north to the Zuni, Hopi, and Cherokee in the south--each beautifully illustrated by Mohawk artist Fadden. "A good supply of tales written with simplicity and directness."--Booklist. ... Read more

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(sniff) If only I could make corn!
A story. Who knows what a story can mean? A story that I like can be heroic, strong, yet at the same time frail, encouraging and emotionally evoking, but the same story to you might just be the opposite. But whether a certain story falls in line between you and me, stories mean a great deal to us.

The same was with the Native Americans. Stories were not given space in the ear just for the story's sake, but because stories played an intricate role in the beliefs of the people. When the right person (like a chief or leader of the people) spoke of a tale and told a story, it was woven into them. The stories were so varied among them, since there was so many different tribes (popular imagination contrary to reality), that a story on how death came to be, or the creation of the world, or even how the oceans were formed, could be explained in so many different ways by them.

I liked this book. It was insightful, and the map at the beginning pages of the book (set back in the sixteen hundreds), along with the description portion that tells a few things about some of the tribal nations, are eye opening to how vast they were before the colonist arrival.

From reading this book it gave me a deeper respect for who they were and who they are, as well as it amazes me how God made one man so different form another.

I recommend this book to anyone who has interest and/or is intrigued by...no wait, I recommend it to everyone.

-Jake Smithers

great for children and adults
i am not a native american but my ansestors were so it is in my blood and i am very proud of it. i had this book when i was a child and i loved the stories and the ways of the [native] americans. this book is great for children, and i think that native american haritage is very important. ... Read more

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Hitakonanulaxk has done extensive research to recover the tales collected in this volume. The stories tell, among other things, of how Nanapush, the Grandfather of beings and men, created the Earth on the back of the Great Turtle, and how the Lenape people came to live along the Eastern seaboard of what is now the United States of America. ... Read more

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Important Window into the Past
The Grandfathers Speak: Native American Folk Tales of the Lenape People is a marvelous small book: it preserves important historical and pre-colonization information about the people who lived in the core of the United States east coast Megalopolis (Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Delaware). The people the Europeans called Indians appear to have lived a relative peaceful life in harmony with nature for thousands of years.The outline of their history is dramatically altered for the worse as Europeans flooded the land. Unlike peoples of Europe and Asia the pressures of population growth were apparently not as great; therefore the stimulus for competitive technological development was apparently less.Advances in weapons, agriculture and medicine occurred at a much slower rate, nevertheless the Neolithic culture outlined in this book was much more advanced and civilized in many ways then it is portrayed in popular media (especially in mid-twentieth century).

I was surprised to learn details of the history of the Lenape people I had never learned of before: my eyes were opened to many more negative effects brought about by the arrival of the colonists.The Grandfathers Speak: Native American Folk Tales of the Lenape People has become an epiphany for me and has lead me to acquire and read several more books about theLenape people such as:

William Penn and the Founding of Pennsylvania: A Documentary History, 1683 by Albert Cook Myers

The Indians of New Jersey: Dickon Among the Lenapes by M. R. Harrington and Clarence Ellsworth (Illustrator)

I highly recommend this book to be included in a list of supplemental reading for students of American History.

excellent resource
This is an excellent resource for persons who are interested in the Lenape (Delaware) Indian people.The stories are clear and have the use of the Lenape language.

Wonderful Book!
My husband is one quarter Lenape and three quarters German. He grew up hearing a few stories from his Grandmother but she didn't know a lot of her own people's history. He's always been interested in knowing more about his heritage. We moved to New Jersey, near the Raritan River and imagine our suprise when we realized that he'd moved very near to one of the places his people once lived in. I got him this book for Christmas and we LOVED it. We read about Rainbow Crow and Nanapush. He read to me every night in bed, the stories of his people. We found much to be sad over but much more to be joyful for. Whenever we see a Crow now, we smile and we look at eacother. This is a highly recommended book for anyone interested in the history and stories of the Lenape People. ... Read more

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An excellent resource
I am a teacher on a reservation and purchased this book for two reasons; 1) to use in our Native American Month unit, and 2) to introduce the kids to traditions and activities of other tribes in our state as well as in our country.The book worked well for these purposes, but will be a much better resource to me next year as I will have a lot more time to really prepare and use them to their greatest advantage! ... Read more

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This treasury of literature by Native American authors allows students to listen to the voices from America's first and oldest literature. More than fifty tribes from the U.S. and Canada are represented, giving readers opportunities to explore the diversity of authors' experiences through poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, including the oral tradition. Two maps provide geographical context for the readings, one showing tribal locations and the other showing the Trail of Tears. ... Read more

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Wonderful
This book is absolutely wonderful for those who are persuing intrests in Native American Literature. It is a great source of knowledge and understanding. It goes along through all of the struggles and stereotypes that have been placed on Native Americans since we invaded their territory.. I HIGHLEY RECOMMEND

ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL
I first began reading thie book for a NAtive American Literature class, but have found that this books offers great stories that will help you learn and understand many of the struggles of the Indian culture. It goes through the stereotypes and dramas that they had and are still going through. I recommend this book to anyone studying Native Americans. ... Read more

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Native American Gardening
Wonderful for family members of all ages to learn about Native American culture in regard to growing one's food and about living in this world in harmony with the rest of creation.

Great Resource
ANY book by Mr. Caduto and Bruchac is both authentic and well researched. This book is another fine contribution by this team. A must have for a science teacher, for Native American curriculum, home schooling etc. I plan to purchase ALl the books by these authors.

Fantastic book for teachers, parents and kids!
An excellent reference for teachers and parents alike, this book contains Native legends related to gardening as well as projects based on the tales, gardening tips, helpful suggestions for beginners, recipes to use your garden's new- found bounty, and much more!
Joseph Bruchac is a very well-known storyteller in the Native American community.Along with his various co-authors in his different books, he combines storytelling with various teaching and family-based activities.I collect his books, because they are both a great reference for Native American mythology and belief, but also because my daughter and I can then turn around and learn together about the great past of the United States. ... Read more

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The BEST book on Native/Christian contrast I've read
I've read a ton of book on Native/Christian comparisons and contrasts, but this was by far the most stimulating and well-reasoned of them all. The ideology is reasonable and the research is dead-on, and the authors representtribal traditions with insight and clarity, even from perspectives outside their own tribal affiliations.

I was particularly interested in Tink's treatment of the Trickster ideology in Native cultures. As an Ojibway, I'm familiar with the works of Gerald Vizenor and commented to my wife (reading aloud to me on a road trip), "Oh yeah, Vizenor talks about stuff like this!" And Lo! and behold, but a paragraph later Tink references Vizenor while explaining the significance of Trickster characters in the development and maintenance of tribal mores. The recognition of Trickster stories in the Bible is something easily missed by Amer-European Christians, and yet for Indigenous people they are very apparent; I had even personally noted the Trickster story in the Jesus/Syro-Phoenician Woman account and then Tink alludes to it as well.

I found their treatment of things like land, panentheism, the roles of men and women, sexuality, and concepts of sin and salvation to be intriguing, and I have long preached a very Indigenist world view to Christians who often fail to recognize that such a world view is at the heart of, not contrary to, the systems of Native *and* Biblical premises, if one knows how to read or listen.

I wish I could spend an evening with Kidwell and Tink, just eating dinner and talking long into the night. I find their collaborative ideas to be fascinating and needed.

An exercise in understanding Native American theology
In A Native American Theology, Clara Kidwell, Homer Noley, and George Tinker effective collaborate to present an original exercise in understanding Native American theology. While observing traditional categories of Christian systematic theology, there is a reimaging consistent with Native American experience, values, and world view. The authors also introduce new categories from native thought-worlds such as the Trickster (eraser of boundaries, symbol of ambiguity), and Land. Highly recommended reading for Native American studies, multicultural studies, and comparative religion, A Native American Theology concludes with the authors addresses contemporary Native American issues including racism, poverty, stereotyping, cultural appropriation, and religious freedom. ... Read more

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Daniel Garrison Brinton (1837-1899), was an American archaeologist and ethnologist. During the American Civil War, he was a surgeon in the Union army, acting during 1864-1865 as surgeonin- charge of the U. S. Army general hospital at Quincy, Illinois. After the war, Brinton practiced medicine in West Chester, Pennsylvania for several years; was the editor of a weekly periodical - the Medical and Surgical Reporter, in Philadelphia from 1874 to 1887; became professor of ethnology and archaeology in the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia in 1884; and was professor of American linguistics and archaeology in the University of Pennsylvania from 1886 until his death. His works include: The Myths of the New World (1868), The Religious Sentiment (1876), American Hero-Myths (1882), Aboriginal American Authors (1883), The Lenape and Their Legends (1885), The Annals of the Cakchiquels (1885), Ancient Nahuatl Poetry (1887), The Pursuit of Happiness (1893), A Primer of Mayan Hieroglyphics (1895) and Religions of Primitive People (1897). In addition, he edited and published a Library of American Aboriginal Literature (8 vols. 1882-1890), a valuable contribution to the science of anthropology in America. ... Read more

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Timeless words of wisdom from Native American leaders such as Chief Seattle and Chief Joseph accompany evocative photographs in a beautifully designed miniature edition of Curtis' classic work. Full color. ... Read more

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a [very] brief sample of 1000s of years of wisdom
This beautiful little gift book is perfect as teacher gifts, for business associates or as a stocking-stuffer sized add-on.Curtis' photos are historical, and the quotes chosen can be used in many situations, ranging from greeting cards to speeches.

poor preview of product
I do not actually own this book and probably will not.I was looking to see info on what is in the book pictures, quotes and so forth very little is given as an example.I am interested in this subject but will not buy something that may be poor quality it could also be very good but I don't/cant tell by what little is given as a preview. ... Read more

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This practical and inspiring book explains the distinct powers of the Native American Six Directions — north, south, east, west, above, and below — that guide ancient ceremonies such as sweat lodge rituals and vision quests, along with strategies from the Tarot and I-Ching. The Ancestors’ Path uses the throw of two six-sided shaman stones or dice, inscribed with Native American petroglyphs, to help seekers understand the natural influences in their lives and chart unique and personal paths to self-fulfillment. The illustrated book contains a foreword by Fred Wahpepah, a respected Native American Elder and longtime mentor for the author. A bundle with two dice, a compass, and a four-color cardboard guide map, with a moon-cycle map on the reverse side is included. ... Read more

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The Ancestors' Path
The Ancestors' Path is an oracle based upon the philosophies of traditional Native American beliefs. In this way, readers of the oracle seek to understand what part of the cyclical path a given experienced is located. This information tells them not only about their immediate circumstances but gives them a reference to understand how they got to that point in time and where they are headed.

The Ancestors' Path is probably one of the most easy to use but complex systems that I have come across. The set includes two dice, one representing the six elements and the other representing six totems. For a very basic reading, you simply throw the dice onto the board provided and look up the results. This gives you a very good idea about where you and your query are located in the cycle of change. With this information, you can also see what you have already accomplished and what the next step of the process will look like.

However, in order to get clarification on a particular issue, you can seek more guidance from the directions. Using the small compass provided, you line up the board you're your current north position. Throwing the dice in a particular direction specifies your question further. For instance, if you want to know specifically about the beginning of your current project, want a better understanding of the purpose of this path, or even wish to know how your spiritual helpers are supporting you on this path. This additional aspect creates an exceptional good picture of the particular situation at hand.

Deep wisdom from the Native American tradition
I love this divination system. It taught me so much about Native American spirituality. More than that, the readings I receive when I "throw" the dice, which are part of the system, impart to me a depth of wisdom that I have rarely received when using other systems. The answers truly cut to the heart of any matter. With the Ancestors' Path, you experience the profound sense that you are, indeed, speaking with elders or ancestors, and that they have your best interests at heart.

Shamanic oracle
I have had experience with many other oracles, including The I-Ching, Geomancy, Tarot, Scrying and the observation of patterns in the natural world.

The Ancestor's Path is an incredible divinatory method. When the Paths are explored with the proper state of mind, when you use the oracle with proper ceremony, it can reveal stunning insights into your state of conciousness.

I have made difficult decisions using the oracular method and have been surprised by its accuracy on more than one occasion.

I highly recommend this system to any person who seeks a Shamanic, tribal interperetation of reality.

A Path of Wisdom
I have had experience with many other oracles, including The I-Ching, Geomancy, Tarot, Scrying and the observation of patterns in the natural world.

The Ancestor's Path is an incredible divinatory method.When the Paths are explored with the proper state of mind, when you use the oracle with proper ceremony, it can reveal stunning insights into your state of conciousness.

I have made difficult decisions using the oracular method and have been surprised by its accuracy on more than one occasion.

I highly recommend this system to any person who seeks a Shamanic, tribal interperetation of reality.

Ancestors' Path is a wonderful and insightful game
The Ancestors' Path is a helpful and fun way to consult "the Oracle", also instructing and educating the player in understanding the world through the Native American "looking glass".The answers to questions about life or any concern at hand will have universal meaning with the lovely flavour of the ancient traditions of this land.I recommend this book and divination game as a splendid gift to give a family member or friend for the Holidays! ... Read more

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Delight children with over 30 Native American tales. Then enrich each story with creative activities. This book has been awarded the National Parenting Center's Seal of Approval. ... Read more

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Introduction to Turtle Island's Myths
This book is a wonderful introduction to the general mythologies of North America. After explaining the importance of Native American myths, Leeming and Page give a wonderful introduction to Native American culture, pointing out shared traits and beliefs (such as the earth-diver creation story) that can be found from Siberia and northern Eurasia to North America down through Central and South America. They then examine the different culture areas (the Arctic, Subarctic, Northwest Woodlands, Southeast Woodlands, Great Plains, Northwest Coast, California and the Great Basin and the Southwest), looking at major themes, language groupings and Nations in each region. More than anything else this shows both the unity of the First Nations, and the diversity as even close neighbors differed signifcantly in culture at times.

The first chapter looks at Native American pantheons, showing universal archetypes such as the world creator, the mother figure and the supreme god. Each one gives a few Native American myths to support it, ranging from traditional Native American myths (both told by Native peoples and recorded by anthropologists) to Oglala holy man Black Elk to James Mooney's massive Myths of the Cherokees, and covering a wide variety of Nations and regions. It then goes on to look at other figures central to Native culture, such as the Trickster (coyote, raven, Manabozho, Glooskap, etc), the Dying God and a wide variety of other kachinas, manitous and spirits. Again a wide variety of Nations are examined, including Sioux, Cherokee, Penobscott, Maidu, Luiseños, Ojibway, Apache and many others besides.

The next chapter takes an in depth look at Native American cosmology, starting with the creation. Several versions of the earth diver creation myth, dominant in both North America and Siberia, is contrasted with the emergence myth of the Hopi, Diné (Navajo), Apache and other Nations of the Southwest. A handful of other creation myths are given, including those of Nations such as the Yokuts, Chuckchi (actually Siberian, but included to show the shared cultures of North America and Siberia) and Blackfoot who believe that an omnipotent Creator made the world. Beyond that are a handful of tales describing the universal flood myth, the afterlife and ultimately the end of the world, bringing the cycle of life full circle and illustrating the cyclical nature of many Native culture's world views.

Finally, the book closes out with looking at hero figures; culture heroes, monster slayers, hero twins (a major theme throughout the Americas really) and so forth. Included here are such legendary hero figures as the Diné (Navajo) hero twins, Glooskap (Algonquian), Sweet Medicine (Cheyenne) and Blot Clot (Blackfoot), amongst others. Really this book is a wonderful introduction to Native American beliefs and stories. As I said before, a wide range of Nations is covered, including the Pueblos, Pawnee, Pomo, Tohono O'odham, Kiowa, Yuchi, Caddo, Arikara and even Métis. Since it covers so many regions and major themes, it is an excellent introduction to a pan-North American mythology. I really suggest that anyone interested in Native American (or world) mythology.

Probably a good introduction to native myths.
Native American myths are always primitive, raw, peculiar, and sometimes entertaining, but might not be for everyone.This particular book is not daunting, at about 200 pages, with most of the myths being relatively short.What the authors have tried to do is present the myths in a general, more literary approach, and with some reference to similarities with other mythic traditions.Starting with the native "pantheons", then to their conception of the cosmos (creation, flood, afterlife, end of world), then to hero myths.Of these the last section was the most entertaining, the other myths end up being etiological and rather simple.If you are interested in the mysths in their more original forms there is "American Indian Myths and Legends".This book is more like a primer, but is at least a good overall introduction to what is really a vast mythological tradition. ... Read more

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Historic American Indian Folklore
edited by Henry R. Schoolcraft. The author is thought to be the first man to study how the Indians (western) lived. Here's a collection of fairy tales and legends that were handed from generation to generation as spoken stories by the earliest Americans. Read them aloud or encourage your kids to dig in on their own. A mischief maker of a giant, Manabozho provides an amusing cautionary tale of consequences. The lovely story of Osseo, Son of the Evening Star may inspire story telling at your own hearth. The Dover edition, like many of their books, is abridged and adapted from an original historical volume. Every story is worth reading. Soft cover ... Read more

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Creation and death, the wily trickster, wolves,  magic, and passion -- these are part of a rich  heritage of Native American mythology and folktales.  From tribes that vanished long ago, as well as  from great tribes like the Ojibwa and Zuni that  proudly remain, here are the powerful ancient beliefs  with which North American tribal societies bring  order to the universe and understanding to the  heart.



Editor Susan Feldmann has  assembled this introductory anthology of oral  literature around themes that allow comparison of the many  ways different tribes explained similar concepts.  The result is a magnificent journey into the  Native American cosmos and a chance for us to  experience everything from the beginning of time to the  passage through death with the first people of our  land. ... Read more

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Oh, Vine Deloria
While I do not ever agree 100% with what this man says, I love most of his arguments. And yes, he is pretty radical, even for Native people. The main point he is trying to make is that the European way isn't the only way of thinking, not even the best way of thinking. All in all, like I said, as an Indian I don't always agree with him but I think he makes some good points.

Ice Age Politics
The scholarly and political content of Red Earth, White Lies is difficult to parse because 'so called' scientific theory has been detrimentally applied by politicians to the administration of Indian affairs through U.S. government bureaucracy. The attrocities perpetrated against many tribal groups, retold in disturbing detail by Dee Brown's book, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
would be enough to choke the heart with bitterness, were you or I descended from any one of the peoples so maliciously misused.But Vine DeLoria, scholar and educator that he is, draws us towards historical and scientific evidence that is both ignored and overlooked by scientific and religious ivory towers. (academicians)Though citing scientific evidence, he doesn't argue scientific method, but as a lawyer, argues that the presentation and preservation of evidence is flawed with bias.
In the wisdom of the elders of his people he has the audacity to suggest that the geological record, the fossil record and the political track record have all been shamefully and deliberately, dishonestly reported.

If you purchase this book, I recommend first reading the chapter on Living Fossils (It's the final chapter of the book, enigmatically titled: "At The Beginning") and then going back and studying the political fiasco and scientific (un) documentation of the B.S. (Bering Strait) migration theory.It'll prime your instincts to appreciate DeLoria's tone of sarcasm as he discusses the political science of inter-tribal relations with the government agencies.You should also sense that this sarcasm is supplanting an otherwise very justifiable anger.Even when academicians make a great and useful discovery, it vanishes under the radar where it won't be likely to threaten the well established hierarchical mythology.And there have been congressional representatives past and present, who discussed the interests of American Indians in their districts as though they all should be invited to "go back to China."

Our relationship to our fellow creatures of the world around us is fundamentally different, as told by the traditions of the Elders.And it's some ways amusing to see DeLoria bemoan the lack of cooperation between diverse tribes when engaged in government negotiations.Some of these tribes will not forget their displacement by the Sioux, who were invading from the north.This is a good read to self-critique your own world view, and the manner in which it affects your treatment of others.Foremost, DeLoria challenges the assumption that we are all immigrants to this land.

Red lies in a white land
I read online, many parts of this bad book, here in Brazil. This book is full of lies. Some mistakes of this bad book:
1-The author is ever attacking the way scientists have created "a largely fictional scenario describing prehistoric North America". The author is also suggesting that Indian lore offers better explanations.
2- The author finds flaws in scientific accounts of how Indians once traversed the Bering Strait land bridge.Yes, there's other explanations, but the author doesn't support his explanation with fact, but only with Indian lore and his own opinion.
3-The author also claims that geological evidence suggests an earlier Indian presence. The earlier Indian presence has supports in places such as Monte Verde in Chile and Lagoa Santa, here in Brazil, but the author never uses these scientific facts.
4-The author criticizes scientists who argue that Indians wiped out North American megafauna of the Pleistocene era.In fact all stone age cultures wiped out megafauna and this happened not just in North America, but also here in South America and Australia. Even in Europe the megafauna was demaged. Remember the Woolly mammoth's extinction thousands of years ago, in Europe and Asia.
Well, I can understand in some way, the author's thinking. He is a Red Indian and wants to support his race, but I think that he lost an opportunity, writing this bad book.

Red Earth, White Lies
Vine Deloria's work is well worth reading, even if you do not agree with his conclusions.It is easy to disregard this book as ludicrous because it challenges some of the "scientific truths" that many hold.However, instead of lambasting Deloria and disregarding his arguments everyone should take the opportunity to learn from what Deloria has to say.Perhaps, he is wrong on all of his conclusions, but why is it that Native American oral traditions can be discarded and ignored by scientists and scholars?Some oral traditions claim groups of American Indians arrived on the East Coast via boats, yet science still argues for the Bering land bridge.Deloria uses conjectures such as this to make the reader think about what do we know and what do we need to know more about.

I make no pretension of knowing much about science, but what I think is more important than understanding the science being refuted is why it is being refuted by Deloria.The answer lies somewhere outside the bounds of just trying to understand the book as "fundamentalist" or as some other term.Deloria is controversial, it is just that simple, but he wants people to think - and those who disagree can as long as they think about what Vine Deloria has to say and do not simply discard it. If you get this book be prepared to have you views challenged, but also be able to approach it with an open mind and be willing to think about what Vine Deloria has to say.

Red Earth, White Lies
Vine Deloria, Jr. always has the ability to open your mind allowing you to see the scientific fallacies pertaining to the history of American Indians.I found the book to be very enlightening. ... Read more