deloria jnr. on the difference between destruction and separation | settler colonial studies blog

deloria jnr. on the difference between destruction and separation

24Apr10

The white man systematically destroyed Indian culture where it existed, but separated blacks from his midst so that they were forced to attempt the creation of their own culture

Vine Deloria Jnr., Custer Died for your Sins (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1988 [1969]).

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