Spirit & Reason : The Vine Deloria, Jr., Reader

Foreword vii Wilma P. Mankiller Preface xi PART I: PHILOSOPHY Perceptions and Maturity: Reflections on Feyerabend's Point of View 3(14) The Trickster and the Messiah 17(15) Relativity, Relatedness, and Reality 32(8) If You Think About It, You Will See That It Is True 40(23) PART II: SOCIAL SCIENCE Ethnoscience and Indian Realities 63(9) Indians, Archaeologists, and the Future 72(6) Low Bridge---Everybody Cross 78(23) At the Beginning 101(22) A Flock of Anthros 123(6) PART III: EDUCATION Traditional Technology 129(8) Knowing and Understanding: Traditional Education in the Modern World 137(7) Higher Education and Self-Determination 144(10) The Turmoil of Ethnic Studies 154(5) The Burden of Indian Education 159(30) PART IV: INDIANS Indian Affairs 1973: Hebrews 13:8 189(10) Why Indians Aren't Celebrating the Bicentennial 199(7) The American Revolution and the American Indian: Problems in the Recovery of a Usable Past 206(17) Kinship with the World 223(7) The Popularity of Being Indian: A New Trend in Contemporary American Society 230(11) Alcatraz, Activism, and Accommodation 241(8) More Others 249(8) The Indian Population 257(18) PART V: RELIGION The Religious Challenge 275(15) The Concept of History 290(15) Tribal Religions and Contemporary American Culture 305(18) Sacred Places and moral Responsibility 323(16) Myth and the Origin of Religion 339(15) Tribal Religious Realities 354(15) Worshiping the Golden Calf: Freedom of Religion in Scalia's America 369(4) Credits and Permissions 373(2) Index 375