Philip J. Deloria

Philip J. Deloria Ph.D.
Occupation	Professor, Historian
Language	English
Nationality	American, Standing Rock Sioux
Alma mater	University of Colorado, B.M.E., M.A.; Yale University, PhD (1994)
Subject	Native American history, Native American studies
Notable works	Playing Indian
Relatives	Vine Deloria Jr., father

Philip Joseph Deloria (Dakota) is an historian who specializes in Native American, Western American, and environmental history. He is the son of scholar Vine Deloria, Jr. (Dakota) and a descendant of Civil War General Alfred Sully and painter Thomas Sully. Deloria is the author of prize-winning texts, Playing Indian (1999) and Indians in Unexpected Places (2004). Deloria received his Ph.D. in American Studies from Yale University and currently teaches in the Department of American Culture at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, as a Carroll Smith-Rosenberg Collegiate Professor.

Philip Deloria is the son of Vine and Barbara Deloria. Vine Deloria Jr. (Yankton Dakota) was a scholar, writer, and activist for Native American rights who earned national recognition for his 1969 book, Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto. Philip is an enrolled member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. Philip J. Deloria's paternal grandmother Ella Deloria (Yankton Dakota) worked as an ethnologist and Deloria's great-great grandfather Philip Joseph Deloria, also known as Tipi Sapa (Black Lodge), was an Episcopal priest. Philip J. Deloria is also the great-great-great grandson of U.S Army officer and painter Alfred Sully, and the great-great-great-great-grandson of painter Thomas Sully.

Deloria graduated from the University of Colorado in 1982 with a B.M.E. in Music Education. In 1988, Deloria completed his M.A. in Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Colorado, as well. Deloria received his Ph.D. in American Studies from Yale University in 1994. Deloria worked as a professor at the University of Colorado in the Department of History from 1994-2000 and is currently a professor at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in both the Department of American Culture and the Department of History. Deloria is also the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education in the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor's College of Literature Science and the Arts.

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