Vine Deloria, Jr. Quotes

These Indians are fierce, they wear feathers and grunt. Most of us dont fit this idealized figure since we grunt only when overeating

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• These Indians are fierce, they wear feathers and grunt. Most of us dont fit this idealized figure since we grunt only when overeating

  

  Vine Deloria, Jr.
  • Fit
  • Fierce
  • Feathers