Custer Died For Your Sins

Deloria contends that there is no single Indian culture, but rather many varied tribal cultures. Lumping all Indians together has done more to damage the uniqueness and integrity of Indian culture than any other factor, according to Deloria. The myth of the ônoble savageö as interested only in protecting land and family in a war-like fashion has placed the Indian outside the American experience, when in fact, Indians were at the heart of the experience in the first place. The author believes that modern Indians have suffered from the overgeneralizations of the white society.

The very real and human problems of the

Reservation were considered to be merely by-

Products of the failure of a warrior people to

Become domesticated. The fairly respectable

Thesis of past exploits in war, perhaps

Romanticized for morale purposes, became a

Demonic spiritual force all its own (91).

Regarding the reservation system, Deloria contends that the policies and regulations of the American government, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) failed to benefit Indians and address their concerns by insisting Indians f

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