God Is Red: A Native View of Religion True and False Quiz

Vine Deloria, Jr.
. According to Deloria, the idea of sacred lands plays a much larger role in Native American life than it does in the lives of almost all non-Indians.

. Sacred lands of the second type, according to Deloria, are very specific to the tribe or people who recognize it as sacred.

. Deloria claims that all truly sacred sites are in the Americas, since only Native Americans have had contact with the true higher powers.

. Deloria believes that revelation of knowledge by higher powers is an ongoing process, subject to revision as times and circumstances change.

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