Professor Vine Deloria (1933 – 2005), a Lakota scholar and legal activist, was professor emeritus of History and American Indian Studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder. An internationally-recognized elder statesman of the American Indian rights struggle, Deloria was founder of the Institute for the Development of Indian Law and advisor and board member to numerous Native legal, cultural and community organizations nationwide. He was a prolific writer whose books include God is Red, Custer Died for Your Sins and Singing for a Spirit.