Fellow of the Month, Philip J. Deloria

Fellow of
the Month:
Philip J. Deloria

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Philip J. Deloria, professor, University of Michigan Department of History and Program in American Culture, was the 2007-08 John Rich Professor at the Institute for the Humanities. He received his PhD in American Culture from Yale University and received BME and MA from the University of Colorado.

The author of three books and of many articles, Deloria spent his year at the Institute working on his still untitled family memoir. He focused on telling the story of his grandfather, grandmother and great aunt and the personal consequences of his grandparents’ cross-racial marriage (Sioux and "White"). continued....

Deloria's vita

 Chapter from Deloria's book Indians in Unexpected Places, 2004. This chapter on Athletics and the project Deloria worked on this year at the Institute originated at the same time, and that moment is recounted in the chapter.

Link to a website that contains material on Deloria's great aunt, Ella Deloria who worked with anthropologist Franz Boas on collecting Sioux linguistic material.