Philip J. Deloria

For the policy advocate and political consultant, see Philip S. Deloria.
Philip J. Deloria
BornPhilip Joseph Deloria
(1959-02-27) February 27, 1959 (age 65)
United States
OccupationProfessor, Historian
LanguageEnglish
NationalityStanding Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota, America
Alma materUniversity of Colorado (BME, MA)
Yale University (PhD)[1]
SubjectNative American history, Native American studies
Notable worksPlaying Indian

Indians in Unexpected Places

Becoming Mary Sully
RelativesVine Deloria Jr., father; Mary Sully, great-aunt

Philip Joseph Deloria (born February 27, 1959) is a Yankton Dakota Native American author who specializes in Native American, Western American, and environmental history. He is the son of scholar Vine Deloria, Jr., and the great nephew of ethnologist Ella Deloria.[2] Deloria is the author of the award-winning books Playing Indian (1998) and Indians in Unexpected Places (2004), among others. Deloria received his Ph.D. in American Studies from Yale University and currently teaches in the Department of History at Harvard University.[1] In 2021 he was elected to the American Philosophical Society.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Philip J. Deloria". U-M LSA American Culture. University of Michigan. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  2. ^ "The Making of Philip J. Deloria | Magazine | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
  3. ^ "The American Philosophical Society Welcomes New Members for 2021". amphilsoc.org. May 7, 2021. Retrieved May 19, 2021.