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Black Elk speaks : being the life story of a holy man of the Oglala Sioux / John G. Neihardt ; foreword by Vine Deloria, Jr. ; with illustrations by Standing Bear ; essays by Alexis N. Petri and Lori Utecht.

Black Elk, 1863-1950 (Author). Neihardt, John Gneisenau, 1881-1973 (Added Author). Petri, Alexis N. (Added Author). Utecht, Lori. (Added Author).

Summary:

Black Elk, a Sioux holy man, shares his own life story and the story of the Oglala Sioux during the tragic decades of the Custer battle, the ghost dance, and the Wounded Knee massacre, and relates many aspects of Native American spirituality.

Record details

ISBN: 0803283857 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780803283855 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Physical Description: xxix, 270 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 21 cm.
Publisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2004.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Originally published: New York : W. Morrow, 1932.

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Foreword by Vine Deloria Jr. -- Preface to the 1932 edition -- Preface to 1961 edition -- Preface to 1972 edition -- The offering of the pipe -- Early boyhood -- The great vision -- The bison hunt -- At the soldiers' town -- High Horse's courting -- Wasichus in the hills -- The fight with Three Stars -- The rubbing out of Long Hair -- Walking the black road -- The killing of Crazy Horse -- Grandmother's land -- The compelling fear -- The horse dance -- The dog vision -- Heyoka ceremony -- The first cure -- The powers of the bison and the elk -- Across the big water -- The spirit journey -- The messiah -- Visions of the other world -- Bad trouble coming -- The butchering at Wounded Knee -- The end of the dream -- Author's postscript -- Appendix 1. Letter from Neihardt to Black Elk, 6 November 1930 -- Appendix 2. Comparison of the transcript and draft for the origin of the peace pipe -- Appendix 3. Lakota words in the text -- Appendix 4. John G. Neihardt beyond Black Elk / by Alexis N. Petri -- Appendix 5. Neihardt and Black Elk / by Lori Utrecht -- Appendix 6. A letter written by John G. Neihardt to Julius House, 10 August 1930 -- Appendix 7. A great Indian poet, 20 June 1931.