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Spirit & reason : the Vine Deloria, Jr., reader / edited by Barbara Deloria, Kristen Foehner, and Sam Scinta.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks E 98 .P5 D45 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Deloria, Vine.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indian philosophy--North America.
- Indian philosophy.
- Indians of North America--Social conditions.
- Indians of North America.
- Indians of North America--Study and teaching.
- North America.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 384 pages ; 23 cm
- Other Title:
- Spirit and reason
- Place of Publication:
- Golden, Colo. : Fulcrum Pub., [©1999]
- Summary:
- A collection of essays in which Native American philosopher Vine Deloria, Jr., shares his thoughts on a variety of topics, grouped in the categories of philosophy, social science, education, Indians, and religion.
- Contents:
- Part I: Philosophy
- Perceptions and maturity: reflections on Feyerabend's point of view
- The trickster and the Messiah
- Relativity, relatedness, and reality
- If you think about it, you will see that it is true
- Part II: Social science
- Ethnoscience and Indian realities
- Indians, archaeologists, and the future
- Low bridge, everybody cross
- At the beginning
- A flock of anthros
- Part III: Education
- Traditional technology
- Knowing and understanding: traditional education in the modern world
- Higher education and self-determination
- The turmoil of ethnic studies
- The burden of Indian education
- Part IV: Indians
- Indian affairs 1973: Hebrews 13:8
- Why Indians aren't celebrating the bicentennial
- The American Revolution and the American Indian: problems in the recovery of a usable past
- Kinship with the world
- The popularity of being Indian: a new trend in contemporary American society
- Alcatraz, activism, and accommodation
- More others
- The Indian population
- Part V: Religion
- The religious challenge
- The concept of history
- Tribal religions and contemporary American culture
- Sacred places and moral responsibility
- Myth and the origin of religion
- Tribal religious realities
- Worshiping the golden calf: freedom of religion in Scalia's America.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Indian Rights Association Complimentary Collection.
- ISBN:
- 1555914306
- 9781555914301
- OCLC:
- 41404541
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