Deloria is a Native American surname, derived from the name of a French trapper, Phillippe des Lauriers, who settled and married into a Yankton community of the Dakota people,[1] and may refer to:

  • Ella Cara Deloria (1888-1971), educator, anthropologist, ethnographer, linguist, and author of Waterlily.
  • Phillip S. 'Sam' Deloria (Standing Rock Sioux Tribe), former director of the American Indian Law Center and the American Indian Graduate Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico
  • Philip Joseph Deloria, an Episcopal priest, aka Tipi Sapa (Black Lodge), a leader of the Yankton/Nakota band of the Sioux Nation
  • Vine Deloria Jr. (1933-2005), American Indian author, theologian, historian, and activist
  • Philip J. Deloria (born 1959), American Indian author, historian, and son of Vine Deloria Jr.

References

  1. ↑ Vine Deloria, James Treat, For This Land: Writings on Religion in America (Routledge, 1999), ISBN 978-0-415-92115-2, p.5 (excerpt available at Google Books).
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