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"Social scientists simply proj ect common beliefs of Westerners onto the relics of non-Western peoples, interpreting many structures and artifacts as if they represented an obsessive concern with the next life. Legends and traditions are also twisted to fit into the pattern of \A/estern thinking as if the quest for immortality were universal." (Vine Deloria Jr., Leslie Marmon Silko, George E. Tinker – God Is Red A Native View of Religion Fulcrum Publishing (2003))