Posted: November 14, 2005
by: Jim Adams / Indian Country Today

TUCSON, Ariz. - Vine DeLoria Jr., the intellectual star of the American Indian renaissance, passed on Nov. 13, after struggling for several weeks with declining health. His immeasurable influence became immediately apparent in an outpouring of tributes from all corners of Indian country.

Posted: March 21, 2005

by: Susanne Rockwel

David Risling Jr., the ''father of Indian education'' who spent his career opening the doors of higher education to American Indian students, died March 13 in Woodland, Calif. He was 83.