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Red earth, white lies : Native Americans and the myth of scientific fact /

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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 histor...

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Main Author: Deloria, Vine (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Golden, Colo. : Fulcrum Pub., ©1997.
Subjects:
Indians of North America > Folklore.
Indian philosophy > North America.
Oral tradition > North America > History and criticism.
Science > Philosophy.
Religion and science.
Human evolution > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Religion and Science
Tradition orale > Amérique du Nord > Histoire et critique.
Religion et sciences.
Hommes > Évolution > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Indian philosophy.
Indians of North America.
Oral tradition.
North America.
mythos
Naturwissenschaften
Nordamerika
Indianer.
Human evolution > Religious aspects > Christianity
Indian philosophy > North America
Indians of North America > Folklore
Oral tradition > North America
Religion and science
Science > Philosophy
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Folklore.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.