Philip J. Deloria

Philip Joseph Deloria is a historian, the son of Vine Deloria, Jr., and the great-great grandson of Philip Joseph Deloria, or Tipi Sapa (Black Lodge), for whom he is named. He is also the great-great-great grandson of U.S Army officer and painter Alfred Sully. He received his Ph.D. in American Studies from Yale University in 1994. Deloria is currently a professor at the University of Michigan in both the Program in American Culture and the Department of History.[1][2] He has written a number of books about Indian history and the Indian experience, including Playing Indian, a book about the use of Indian costumes, traditions and images by white people.

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