Red Earth, White Lies: Native Americans and the Myth of Scientific Fact
Religion, Science and technology, Indigenous peoples, General non-fiction
Synthetic audio, Automated braille
Summary
Deloria (history, law, religious studies, political science, U. of Colorado-Boulder), author of the best-selling "Custer Died For Your Sins", examines modern science as it relates to Native American oral history and exposes the myth of scientific fact, defending Indian accounts… of natural history and population movement. He demonstrates how scientists manipulate data to fit their theories and documents traditional knowledge of Indian tribes in areas such as evolution, planetary history, the origin of humans, and natural disasters.