num_pages: 271
description: Vine Deloria, Jr., leading Native American scholar and author of the best-selling God is Red , addresses the conflict between mainstream scientific theory about our 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. Further, he warns future generations of scientists not to repeat the ethnocentric omissions and fallacies of the past by dismissing Native oral tradition as mere legends.
language: English
title: Red Earth, White Lies: Native Americans and the Myth of Scientific Fact
titlecomplete: Red Earth, White Lies: Native Americans and the Myth of Scientific Fact
genres: History, Native American History, Philosophy, Religion, Race, American History, Spirituality, Science, Nonfiction, Anthropology
ratings_count: 597
awards: awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Colorado Book Award
category: General Nonfiction
publisher: Fulcrum Publishing