Custer Died for Your Sins

Custer Died for Your Sins Questions and Answers

What was the author's purpose in Deloria's Custer Died for Your Sins? Be sure to incorporate specific examples from the book when necessary to support your answer.

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What does it mean to be "unread" and "ahistorical" in this book?

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On page 95 of Custer Died For Your Sins, Deloria suggests that “each anthropologist desiring to study a tribe should be made to apply to the tribal council for permission to do his study. He would be given such permission only if he raised as a contribution to the tribal budget an amount of money equal to the amount he proposed to spend in his study.” How would these requirements prepare young anthropologists for the ethical demand?

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On page 81 of Custer Died For Your Sins, Deloria proclaims, “had the tribes been given a choice of fighting the cavalry or the anthropologists, there is little doubt as to who they would have chosen.” What problem with anthropology does this highlight? What are anthropologists capable of that soldiers aren’t?

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In Custer Died for Your Sins, Deloria proclaims, “Had the tribes been given a choice of fighting the cavalry or the anthropologists, there is little doubt as to who they would have chosen.” Why would Native Nations choose to fight soldiers rather than anthropologists? What are anthropologists capable of that soldiers aren’t?

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On page 95 of Custer Died For Your Sins, Deloria suggests that “each anthro desiring to study a tribe should be made to apply to the tribal council for permission to do his study. He would be given such permission only if he raised as a contribution to the tribal budget an amount of money equal to the amount he proposed to spend in his study.” How would these requirements prepare young anthropologists for the ethical demands (IRB, informed consent, NAGPRA) of anthropological fieldwork (ethnography or physical dig sites)?

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