Deloria
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Deloria is a Native American
surname, derived from the name of a French trapper, Phillippe des Lauriers, who settled and married into a Yankton
community of the Sioux
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Native Americans in the United States
Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples in North America within the boundaries of the present-day continental United States, parts of Alaska, and the island state of Hawaii. They are composed of numerous, distinct tribes, states, and ethnic groups, many of which survive as...
surname, derived from the name of a French trapper, Phillippe des Lauriers, who settled and married into a Yankton
Yankton Indian Reservation
The Yankton Indian Reservation is the homeland of the Yankton subgroup of the Sioux tribe of Native Americans.The reservation occupies the southeasternmost 60 percent of Charles Mix County in southeastern South Dakota, United States...
community of the Sioux
Sioux
The Sioux are Native American and First Nations people in North America. The term can refer to any ethnic group within the Great Sioux Nation or any of the nation's many language dialects...
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- Ella Cara DeloriaElla Cara DeloriaElla Cara Deloria , also called Ąnpétu Wašté Wįn , was an educator, anthropologist, ethnographer, linguist, and novelist of Yankton Sioux background...
(1888-1971), educator, anthropologist, ethnographer, linguist, and author of WaterlilyWaterlily (novel)Waterlily is a novel by Ella Cara Deloria.-Waterlily Overview:Waterlily was written by Deloria in the early 1940s but was not published until 1988, eighteen years after her death...
. - Phillip S. 'Sam' Deloria (Standing Rock Sioux Tribe), director of the American Indian Graduate Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Philip Joseph Deloria, an Episcopal priest, aka Tipi Sapa (Black Lodge), a leader of the Yankton/Nakota band of the Sioux Nation
- Vine Deloria, Jr.Vine Deloria, Jr.Vine Deloria, Jr. was an American Indian author, theologian, historian, and activist. He was widely known for his book Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto , which helped generate national attention to Native American issues in the same year as the Alcatraz-Red Power Movement...
(1933-2005), American Indian author, theologian, historian, and activist - Philip J. DeloriaPhilip J. DeloriaPhilip Joseph Deloria is a historian, the son of Vine Deloria, Jr., and the great-great grandson of Philip Joseph Deloria, or Tipi Sapa , for whom he is named. He is also the great-great-great grandson of U.S Army officer and painter Alfred Sully. He received his Ph.D. in American Studies from...
American Indian author, historian, and son of Vine Deloria Jr.