Philip J. Deloria
Philip J. Deloria | |
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| Born | Philip Joseph Deloria February 27, 1959 United States |
| Occupation | Professor, Historian |
| Language | English |
| Citizenship | American |
| Alma mater | University of Colorado Boulder (BME, MA) Yale University (PhD) |
| Subject | Native American history, Native American studies |
| Notable works | Playing Indian
Indians in Unexpected Places Becoming Mary Sully |
| Relatives | Vine Deloria Jr., father; Mary Sully, great-aunt |
Philip Joseph Deloria (born February 27, 1959) is an American professor and author of Yankton Dakota descent who specializes in Native American, Western American, and environmental history. He 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. In 2021 he was elected to the American Philosophical Society.