We Talk, You Listen: New Tribes, New Turf

228 Pages·2007·6.963 MB·English

by  Vine Deloria Jr.

WE TALK,
YOU LISTEN

WE TALK,
YOU LISTEN
New Tribes, New Turf
BY VINE DELORIA, JR.
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CONTENTS
Introduct• i10o n
1. TheC ommunicatGiaopn •s 19
2. Stereotyp• i3n3g
8. TactiocrSs t rateg• y?45
4. TheL iberParlo ble•m 68
5. Other•s 85
6. AnothLeoro ka tB lackP ower• 100
7. PowerS,o vereiagnndtF yr.e edom• 114
8. TheN ewC onstitu•t i1o38n
9. TheN ewO rganizat• io15n3
10. TheN ewI ndividua•l iis6gm
11. TheA rtificiUanli ver•s ei 81
12. TheF ormaMna nifes• to19 8
Appendi• x 211
INTRODUCTION
EVERY Now AND TIIEN I am impressed with the thinking of the
non-Indian. I was in Cleveland last year and got to talking with a
non-Indian about American history. He said that he was really
sorry about what had happened to Indians, but that there was
good reason for it. The continent had to be developed and he felt
that Indians had stood in the way and thus had had to be re­
moved. "After all," he remarked, "what did you do with the land
when you had it?" I didn't understand him until later when I
discovered that the Cuyahoga River running through Cleveland is
inflammable. So many combustible pollutants are dumped into
the river that the inhabitants have to take special precautions
during the summer to avoid accidentally setting it on fire. After
reviewing the argument of my non-Indian friend I decided that
he was probably correct. Whites had made better use of the land.
How many Indians could have thought of creating an inflamma­
ble river?
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