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Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto

Vine Deloria Jr.

Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto

Vine Deloria Jr.

Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto Essay Topics

1.

Identify and research an Indigenous activist group from the 21st century. How might Deloria’s ideas have inspired/influenced your chosen cause?

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How does Deloria use humor to convey his subject matter? How does his style reflect his statements in “Indian Humor”?

3.

Choose a government program cited in Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto (the Dawes Act, federal termination laws, etc.). Does your research support Deloria’s conclusions? Why or why not?

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