- Library Binding: 271 pages
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1439504113
- ISBN-13: 978-1439504116
- Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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Vine Deloria, a leading native scholar and a uthor of the best selling God is Red, addresses the conflict between mainstream scientific theory about the world and th e ancestral worldview on Native Americans. '
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A challenge to rethink "scientific" theories about the world
Leading Native American scholar and author of the best-selling books God Is Red and Custer Died for Your Sins, Vine Deloria, Jr., addresses the conflict between mainstream scientific theory about the 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. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
Leading Native American scholar and author of the best-selling books God Is Red and Custer Died for Your Sins, Vine Deloria, Jr., addresses the conflict between mainstream scientific theory about the 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. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Vine Deloria Jr. is a true scholar who characteristically approaches his subject with thorough research and disciplined reasoning. Applying geology and precise logic Deloria uncovers some major flaws in the Bering Strait theory. He also points to the fascinating fact that oral histories and legends of Indian nations carry pre-historic events such as major geologic upheavals. In this way, he makes the important point that oral histories should on no account be dismissed. On the other hand, he shows how flawed scientific theories are supported when powerful academics will shut out any new facts or alternate theories just to hold on to their pre-eminence. Even worse, Deloria cites cases where those who dared challenge the authorized theory, can have their careers destroyed. After finding medical pronouncements which contradict each other - ie. margarine is good for you; margarine is bad for you, etc. - it is clear that "science" is an exploratory discipline and that final pronouncements or theories should only be given qualified consideration until all the facts and information are in. This should be kept in mind with the recent speculations regarding the "caucasian" skeletons that have been found on this continent. The political dimensions of "science" are glaringly apparent where some, including scientists, leap to conclusions and use science as a tool for further dispossession of the indigenous nations of the western hemipshere.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Vine Deloria, Jr. has done it again. From Beringia to pre-Columbian contacts, from the ludicrous theory that paleo-Indians exterminated the megafauna to questioning the geologic timescale itself and the theory of evolution, Deloria has presented the first honest appraisal of American prehistory. White man's "science" has much to learn from Red man's observations!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Deloria has done a great job: he tells us white people that things ain't that simple, that linear that is, as we like it. This book is an eye-opener for anyone who is prepared to let his/her eye being opened. Conventional euro-centered knowledge tells us that Deloria is wrong. But wait a minute: how do we know that *our* angle is the right one? Ha, we don't have any proof which is why Deloria's book is a welcome alternative. Highly recommended.
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