Ep. 069: Dr. Dan Flores

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Dan Flores mentions Vine Deloria Jr. as 'one of the most outspoken Native writers' who 'wrote books like God Has Read and Customer Died for Your Sins' (likely 'Custer Died for Your Sins' based on context). Discussed in relation to Native perspectives on wildlife and bison ecology.

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Mentioned alongside 'Custer Died for Your Sins' as one of Vine Deloria Jr.'s books. The transcript appears to have a transcription error ('God Has Read') but context suggests this is 'God is Red,' Deloria's famous work on Native American spirituality.

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Steve asks Dan if he's 'through with the book Keepers of the Game' and discusses how Martin 'does a good job in there with the impacts of the beaver trade on native populations.' The book presented a controversial theory about why Indians participated in the fur trade, arguing it was for spiritual rather than economic reasons.

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Referenced in discussion of the Buffalo Commons controversy. Steve mentions 'the writer Bill Kittridge in his book Hole in the Sky' pointing out that 'going to Jordan, Montana and mentioning the Buffalo Commons was a sure fire way to get your ask[kicked].'

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Dan Flores mentions that 'by the time Mark Twain writes Roughing It in eighteen seventy three, coyote has become at least among people who read his books...the accepted form of pronunciation' when discussing the etymology of the word 'coyote.'

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Dan Flores describes William T. Hornaday, director of the Bronx Zoo, who 'had written the first great book about what had happened to bison extermination of the American bison' in the context of discussing bison conservation efforts.

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Dan Flores explicitly recommends this book about Pleistocene extinctions: 'Paul Martin...the book that if people want to read about this, I think I would encourage them to read, is called The Twilight of the Mammoths.' Martin was the major advocate of the Pleistocene overkill hypothesis.

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Dan Flores' book about the biography of the coyote 'from its evolution in North America...through its long roller coaster like history' including its relationship with Native Americans and its spread across the continent. Described as a New York Times bestseller and finalist for the E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Prize.

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Dan Flores' book about the American Great Plains as 'the analog of East Africa' with its 'marvelous aggregate of large grazing animals' including bison, wild horses, pronghorn antelope, gray wolves, and grizzly bears. Discusses the ecological history and the American Prairie Reserve Project.