{"product_id":"life-of-the-indigenous-mind-vine-deloria-jr-and-the-birth-of-the-red-power-movement-9781496232618","title":"Life of the Indigenous Mind: Vine Deloria Jr. and the Birth of the Red Power Movement","description":"\u003cb\u003e2019 \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e Outstanding Academic Title\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eLife of the Indigenous Mind\u003c\/i\u003e David Martínez examines the early activism, life, and writings of Vine Deloria Jr. (1933-2005), the most influential Indigenous activist and writer of the twentieth century and one of the intellectual architects of the Red Power movement. An experienced activist, administrator, and political analyst, Deloria was motivated to activism and writing by his work as executive director of the National Congress of American Indians, and he came to view discourse on tribal self-determination as the most important objective for making a viable future for tribes. \u003cbr\u003e In this work of both intellectual and activist history, Martínez assesses the early life and legacy of Deloria's \"Red Power Tetralogy,\" his most powerful and polemical works: \u003ci\u003eCuster Died for Your Sins\u003c\/i\u003e (1969), \u003ci\u003eWe Talk, You Listen\u003c\/i\u003e (1970), \u003ci\u003eGod Is Red\u003c\/i\u003e (1973), and \u003ci\u003eBehind the Trail of Broken Treaties\u003c\/i\u003e (1974). Deloria's gift for combining sharp political analysis with a cutting sense of humor rattled his adversaries as much as it delighted his growing readership. \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLife of the Indigenous Mind\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how Deloria's writings addressed Indians and non-Indians alike. It was in the spirit of protest that Deloria famously and infamously confronted the tenets of Christianity, the policies of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the theories of anthropology. The concept of tribal self-determination that he initiated both overturned the presumptions of the dominant society, including various \"Indian experts,\" and asserted that tribes were entitled to the rights of independent sovereign nations in their relationship with the United States, be it legally, politically, culturally, historically, or religiously. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Martínez\u003c\/b\u003e (Akimel O'odham\/Hia Ced O'odham\/Mexican) is an associate professor of American Indian Studies at Arizona State University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eDakota Philosopher: Charles Eastman and American Indian Thought\u003c\/i\u003e and editor of \u003ci\u003eThe American Indian Intellectual Tradition: An Anthology of Writings from 1772 to 1972\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50485859287314,"sku":"9781496232618","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b7dd6c38-f18f-40c0-bf27-fb17c794d498.jpg?v=1730412834","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/life-of-the-indigenous-mind-vine-deloria-jr-and-the-birth-of-the-red-power-movement-9781496232618","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}