When asked by an anthropologist what the Indians called America before the white man came, an Indian said simply, "Ours."

doi:10. Neihardt Salt Lake City: Howe Brothers 1984. Deloria's position on the age of certain geological formations the length of time Native Americans have been in the Americas their possible coexistence with dinosaurs etc.

He became Professor of Political Science at the University of Arizona (1978-1990) where he establiVine Deloria, Jr.d the first master's degree program in American Indian Studies in the United States. (March 26 1933 – November 13 2005) was an American Indian author theologian historian and activist.