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God Is Red: A Native View of Religion

by Vine Deloria Jr., Leslie Marmon Silko · 1972

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First published in 1972, Vine Deloria Jr.'s God Is Redremains the seminal work on Native religious views, asking new questions about our species and our ultimate fate. Celebrating three decades in publication with a special 30th-anniversary edition.

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mythologymythologyMore like thisLess of thismyths and folkloremyths and folkloreMore like thisLess of this
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religionreligionMore like thisLess of thisspiritualityspiritualityMore like thisLess of thisNative AmericanNative AmericanMore like thisLess of thispoliticspoliticsMore like thisLess of thisdiversitydiversityMore like thisLess of this
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USAUSAMore like thisLess of thisIndiaIndiaMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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medium · 325 pages

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