Vine Deloria, Jr., a Sioux Indian, was born in Martin, South Dakota, in
1933.  He is a professor of political science at the University of Arizona
at Tucson.  Mr. Deloria is also a well-known speaker, author, political
analyst, and recently appointed trustee of the new National Museum of the
American Indian.  He has written many books and studies on Native
Americans, among them Custer Died for Your Sins, The Nations Within, and
American Indians, American Justice, with Clifford Lytle.  He is pictured
above speaking at the Martin Luther King, Jr., Holiday Celebration held at
the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., 1990.  Quoting King's
desire to be judged by the content of his character rather than the color
of his skin. Deloria also asked that Indians be valued not for the
artifacts white Americans find so interesting but for the content of their
spirit.