Red Earth White Lies (Book)

I just got done reading the book Red Earth White Lies: Native Americans and the Myth of Scientific Fact written by Vine Deloria Jr. and I can say that it is one of the best books I have read thus far. I can clearly say that I love this book!!!

In my opinion Vine Deloria Jr. in this book has answered many of the questions that I have had about the land we now know as the "Americas." His book to me exposes the ways in which the scientific establishment has found meticulous ways to promote a eurocentric and racist view of the Indigenous people's of the Americas. Furthermore he sheds light on the vast knowledge that American Indians have of their lands from how they were formed to the flora and fauna that existed. I truly agree with Vine Deloria Jr's argument that the reason why this knowledge has been cast aside as myth and fanciful stories is in order to continue propogating an erroneous view that American Indians were primitive people's that arrived to these lands only 12,000 years ago and to assert a eurocentric monopoly on academic knowledge. Additionally the other reason that American Indian knowledge has been suppressed is to justify the robbing of their lands and pillaging of their ways of life and resources.

I truly recommend everyone to read this book.

Astha Nemanha,

Dr. Ventura