Custer Died for Your Sins
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"Custer Died for Your Sins" is a groundbreaking 1969 book by Vine Deloria Jr. that sharply critiques U.S. policies toward Native Americans and helped catalyze the Native American civil rights movement and literary renaissance.
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| Custer Died for Your Sins canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
book
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essay collection ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ |
| author | Vine Deloria Jr. ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
public debate on Indian policy in the late 20th century
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shaping Native American studies as an academic field ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticizes |
Bureau of Indian Affairs
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Christian missionary activity among Native Americans ⓘ U.S. government policies toward Native Americans ⓘ anthropological research on Native Americans ⓘ paternalism in Indian policy ⓘ |
| genre |
Native American studies
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civil rights literature ⓘ political critique ⓘ |
| hasNotableChapterOn |
Bureau of Indian Affairs reform
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Christian churches and missions ⓘ anthropologists and their relationship to Native communities ⓘ |
| hasNotableTheme |
critique of liberal reformism
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satire of U.S. racial politics ⓘ self-determination for Native nations ⓘ tribal sovereignty ⓘ |
| hasReception | considered a classic of Native American political writing ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
pan-Indian identity
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relocation of Native Americans ⓘ representation of Native Americans in American society ⓘ termination policy ⓘ treaty rights ⓘ tribal nationalism ⓘ |
| influenced |
Native American activism in the 1970s
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Native American civil rights ⓘ
surface form:
Native American civil rights movement
Native American Renaissance ⓘ
surface form:
Native American literary renaissance
Red Power movement ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
Native American rights
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Native American sovereignty ⓘ Native American–United States government relations ⓘ United States federal Indian law and policy ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal Indian policy
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| notableFor |
influencing Native American intellectual discourse
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popularizing Native American political perspectives for a broad audience ⓘ sharp critique of U.S. Indian policy ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1969 ⓘ |
| titleAlludesTo |
George Armstrong Custer
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mythology of the American West ⓘ |
| usesLiteraryDevice |
humor
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polemical argument ⓘ satire ⓘ |
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