Red Earth, White Lies: Native Americans and the Myth of Scientific Fact [Paperback]

Vine Deloria, Jr., leading Native American scholar and author of the best-sellingGod is Red, addresses the conflict between mainstream scientific theory about our world and the ancestral worldview of Native Americans. Claiming that science has created a largely fictional scenario for American Indians in prehistoric North America, Deloria offers an alternative view of the continent's history as seen through the eyes and memories of Native Americans. Further, he warns future generations of scientists not to repeat the ethnocentric omissions and fallacies of the past by dismissing Native oral tradition as mere legends.

"This is Vine Deloria's best book yet... Red Earth, White Liesshoots down a whole herd of sacred cows—from Charles Darwin's cow to Samuel Eliot Morison's bull." —Leslie Marmon Silko, author ofCeremony

"Vine Deloria, Jr., started the whole modern American Indian renaissance... Now, inRed Earth, White Lies, he is lambasting scholars and scientists for filling our heads with nonsense while they ignore the traditional knowledge of native tribes. Bound to be controversial, bound to start readers rethinking old concepts." —Dee Brown, author ofBury My Heart at Wounded Knee

"This is Vine Deloria at his very best—challenging, taunting, acerbic and powerful." —Alvin M. Josephy, Jr., author ofNow That the Buffalo's Gone

Vine Deloria Jr.is a leading Native American scholar whose research writings, and teaching have encompassed history, law, religious studies, and political science. He is the former executive director of the National Congress of American Indians. Named byTimemagazine as one of the eleven greatest religious thinkers of the twentieth century, he is the author of numerous acclaimed books, includingGod is Red, Custer Died for Your Sins, Power and Place,andRed EalĂ*