Philip J. Deloria

Philip J. Deloria
Born
Philip Joseph Deloria

(1959-02-27) February 27, 1959
United States
OccupationProfessor, Historian
LanguageEnglish
CitizenshipAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Colorado Boulder (BME, MA)
Yale University (PhD)
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 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.