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Vine Deloria Jr. quotes: To be an Indian in modern American society is in a very real sense to be unreal and ahistorical.

To be an Indian in modern American society is in a very real sense to be unreal and ahistorical.

Vine Deloria Jr. quotes: The future of mankind lies waiting for those who will come to understand their lives and take up their responsibilities to all living things.

The future of mankind lies waiting for those who will come to understand their lives and take up their responsibilities to all living things.

Vine Deloria Jr. quotes: This country was a lot better off when the Indians were running it.

This country was a lot better off when the Indians were running it.

Vine Deloria Jr. quotes: These Indians are fierce, they wear feathers and grunt. Most of us dont fit this idealized figure since we grunt only when overeating

These Indians are fierce, they wear feathers and grunt. Most of us dont fit this idealized figure since we grunt only when overeating

Vine Deloria Jr. quotes: Royalty has always been an unconscious but all-consuming goal of the European immigrant.

Royalty has always been an unconscious but all-consuming goal of the European immigrant.

Vine Deloria Jr. quotes: When asked by an anthropologist what the Indians called America before the white men came, an Indian said simply Ours.

When asked by an anthropologist what the Indians called America before the white men came, an Indian said simply Ours.

Vine Deloria Jr. quotes: For some unknown reason, this [antiabortion] branch of Christianity cherishes the unborn and hates the living person.

For some unknown reason, this [antiabortion] branch of Christianity cherishes the unborn and hates the living person.

Vine Deloria Jr. quotes: Religion is for people who're afraid of going to hell. Spirituality is for those who've already been there.

Religion is for people who're afraid of going to hell. Spirituality is for those who've already been there.

Vine Deloria Jr. quotes: Do certain sets of circumstances lie ahead of us wherein we change the world radically by the choices we make?

Do certain sets of circumstances lie ahead of us wherein we change the world radically by the choices we make?

Vine Deloria Jr. quotes: Western civilization, unfortunately, does not link knowledge and morality but rather, it connects knowledge and power and makes them equivalent.

Western civilization, unfortunately, does not link knowledge and morality but rather, it connects knowledge and power and makes them equivalent.

Vine Deloria Jr. quotes: If you want to be sovereign, act sovereign.

If you want to be sovereign, act sovereign.