A Commemoration Honoring the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Publication of Vine Deloria Jr.’s Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto
Presented by the ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Colorado Law School, the Center of the American West, and the Center for Native American and Indigenous Studies.
On Sept. 13, 2019, Colorado Law celebrated Vine Deloria Jr.’s ('70) enormously influential book, Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto, and recognized the proud heritage of Deloria's long association (as a recipient of a law degree and as a professor of history) with the ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Colorado. Presenters included a combination of people who knew and worked with Vine Deloria, including his remarkable son, Harvard Professor Phil Deloria, Dean S. James Anaya, Professor Emeritus Charles Wilkinson, and American Indian historians and activists inspired by his writings. Read more about Vine Deloria Jr.
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Watch Phil Deloria's keynote:
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Agenda:
8:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.Ìý – Session I.
Vine Deloria, Jr.: Initiator, Instigator, Warrior
Chase Iron Eyes, Lakota People’s Law Project
Faith Spotted Eagle, Native American Activist
Mark Trahant, Journalist, Indian Country Today
10:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. – Session II.
Vine Deloria, Jr.: Writer, Reader, Thinker
David Martinez, Arizona State ³Ô¹ÏÍø
Robert Warrior, ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Kansas
Dan Wildcat, Haskell Indian Nations ³Ô¹ÏÍø
12:00 p.m. – Lunch
KeynoteÌý Speaker
Phil Deloria, Harvard ³Ô¹ÏÍø
1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. – Session III.
Vine Deloria, Jr.: Lawyer, Litigator, Discoverer of Documents and Precedents with Promise
James Anaya, ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Colorado Law School
Maggie Blackhawk, ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Pennsylvania Law School
John Echohawk, Native American Rights Fund
2:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. – Session IV.
Vine Deloria, Jr.: Leader, Influencer, and Mobilizer
Kent Blansett, ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Nebraska at Omaha
David Wilkins, ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Minnesota
Charles Wilkinson, ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Colorado Law School
4:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. – Student Presentation
Short Presentation by ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Colorado students on what getting a degree from the college that was Vine Deloria, Jr.’s home campus means to them.
4:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. – Reception