Vine Deloria, Jr.

American writer (1933-2005).

Born March 26th, 1933 in Martin.

Died November 13th, 2005 at 72 years old in Golden (aortic dissection). [ref]

Occupations
historian, military officer, philosopher, theologian, university teacher, writer
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Die happily and look forward to taking up a new and better form. Like the sun, only when you set in the west can you rise in the east. Rumi