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• catalog abstract "In this latest work by the prominent historian, Deloria turns his audacious intellect and fiery indignation to an examination of modern science as it relates to Native American oral history and exposes the myth of scientific fact, defending Indian mythology as the more truthful account of the history of the earth. Deloria grew up in South Dakota, in a small border town on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. There he was in a position to absorb the culture and traditions of Western Europeans, as well as of the native Sioux people. Much of the formal education he received about science, including how the earth and its people had formed and developed over time, came from the white, Western world; he and his fellow students accepted it as gospel, even though this information often contradicted the ancient teachings of the Native American peoples. As an adult, though, Deloria saw how some of these scientific "facts," once readily accepted as the truth, now began to run against common sense as well as the teachings of his people. For example, the question of why certain peoples had lighter or darker skins posed an especially thorny problem - one that mainstream journals and books failed to answer in a way that was satisfactory to this budding skeptic. When he began to reexamine other previously irrefutable theories - of the earth's creation, of the evolution of people, of the acceptance of the notion that the Indians themselves had been responsible for slaughtering and wiping out certain large animals from their habitat over time - he also began to reconsider the value of myth and religion in an explanation of the world's history and, in the process, to document and record traditional knowledge of Indian tribes as offered by the tribal elders.".
• catalog contributor b8076311.
• catalog created "c1995.".
• catalog date "1995".
• catalog date "c1995.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1995.".
• catalog description "As an adult, though, Deloria saw how some of these scientific "facts," once readily accepted as the truth, now began to run against common sense as well as the teachings of his people. For example, the question of why certain peoples had lighter or darker skins posed an especially thorny problem - one that mainstream journals and books failed to answer in a way that was satisfactory to this budding skeptic.".
• catalog description "Behind the buckskin curtain -- Science and the oral tradition -- Evolutionary prejudice -- Low bridge-everybody cross -- Mythical Pleistocene hit men -- The corpora delicti and other matters -- Creatures their own size -- Geomythology and the Indian traditions -- Floods, lakes and earthquakes -- At the beginning.".
• catalog description "Deloria grew up in South Dakota, in a small border town on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. There he was in a position to absorb the culture and traditions of Western Europeans, as well as of the native Sioux people.".
• catalog description "In this latest work by the prominent historian, Deloria turns his audacious intellect and fiery indignation to an examination of modern science as it relates to Native American oral history and exposes the myth of scientific fact, defending Indian mythology as the more truthful account of the history of the earth.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-273) and index.".
• catalog description "Much of the formal education he received about science, including how the earth and its people had formed and developed over time, came from the white, Western world; he and his fellow students accepted it as gospel, even though this information often contradicted the ancient teachings of the Native American peoples.".
• catalog description "When he began to reexamine other previously irrefutable theories - of the earth's creation, of the evolution of people, of the acceptance of the notion that the Indians themselves had been responsible for slaughtering and wiping out certain large animals from their habitat over time - he also began to reconsider the value of myth and religion in an explanation of the world's history and, in the process, to document and record traditional knowledge of Indian tribes as offered by the tribal elders.".
• catalog extent "286 p. ;".
• catalog hasFormat "Red earth, white lies.".
• catalog identifier "0684807009 (alk. paper)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Red earth, white lies.".
• catalog issued "1995".
• catalog issued "c1995.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : Scribner,".
• catalog relation "Red earth, white lies.".
• catalog spatial "North America".
• catalog spatial "North America.".
• catalog subject "398.2/08997 20".
• catalog subject "E98.F6 D35 1995".
• catalog subject "Human evolution Religious aspects Christianity.".
• catalog subject "Indian philosophy North America.".
• catalog subject "Indians of North America Folklore.".
• catalog subject "Oral tradition North America History and criticism.".
• catalog subject "Oral tradition North America.".
• catalog subject "Religion and science.".
• catalog subject "Science Philosophy.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Behind the buckskin curtain -- Science and the oral tradition -- Evolutionary prejudice -- Low bridge-everybody cross -- Mythical Pleistocene hit men -- The corpora delicti and other matters -- Creatures their own size -- Geomythology and the Indian traditions -- Floods, lakes and earthquakes -- At the beginning.".
• catalog title "Red earth, white lies : Native Americans and the myth of scientific fact / Vine Deloria, Jr.".
• catalog type "Folklore. fast".
• catalog type "text".