A Commemoration honoring the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Publication of Vine Deloria, Jr.’s, Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto
We hope you were able to join us for a tribute to Vine Deloria, Jr.’s enormously influential book, Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto, and a recognition of the proud heritage of Vine Deloria, Jr.’s long association (as a recipient of a law degree and as a professor of history) with the University of Colorado. Presenters included a combination of people who knew and worked with Vine Deloria featuring his remarkable son, Harvard Professor Phil Deloria, and American Indian historians and activists inspired by his writings.
Presenters Included:
Phil Deloria, Keynote Speaker
James Anaya – CU Boulder, Colorado Law
Maggie Blackhawk – University of Pennsylvania Law School
Kent Blansett - University of Nebraska at Omaha
John Echohawk - Native American Rights Fund
Chase Iron Eyes - Lakota People’s Law Project
Patty Limerick – Center of the American West
David Martinez - Arizona State University
Faith Spotted Eagle – Native American Activist
Mark Trahant – Indian Country Today
Robert Warrior - University of Kansas
Dan Wildcat – Haskell Indian Nations University
David Wilkins – University of Minnesota
Charles Wilkinson – CU Boulder, Colorado Law
Agenda
8:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. – Session I.
Vine Deloria, Jr.: Initiator, Instigator, Warrior
Danielle Lazore-Thompson American Indian Law | Lakota People’s Law Project | Native American Activist | Journalist, Indian Country Today |
10:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. – Session II.
Vine Deloria, Jr.: Writer, Reader, Thinker
Clint Carroll Associate Professor in | Arizona State University | University of Kansas | Haskell Indian Nations |
12:00 p.m. – Lunch
Keynote Speaker
Harvard University |
1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. – Session III.
Vine Deloria, Jr.: Lawyer, Litigator, Discoverer of Documents and Precedents with Promise
James Anaya University of Colorado Law School | Richard B. Williams Johnson Scholarship Foundation Indigenous Consultant | John Echohawk Native American Rights Fund |
2:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. – Session IV.
Vine Deloria, Jr.: Leader, Influencer, and Mobilizer
Kent Blansett University of Nebraska at Omaha | David Wilkins University of Minnesota | Charles Wilkinson University of Colorado Law School |
4:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. – Student Presentation
Short Presentation by University of Colorado students on what getting a degree from the college that was Vine Deloria, Jr.’s home campus means to them.