Deloria

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Deloria is a Native American surname. It comes from Phillippe des Lauriers, a French trapper who settled among the Yankton Dakota people and married into their community. The name may refer to several notable people, such as Ella Cara Deloria, a Yankton Dakota ethnographer and author; Vine Deloria Jr., a well-known Native American writer and scholar; and Philip J. Deloria, a historian and professor.