Black Elk speaks : being the life story of a holy man of the Oglala Sioux
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- ISBN: 0803283857 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9780803283855 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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xxix, 270 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 21 cm. - Publisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2004.
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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. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Lummi Library | BIO BLAC NIEH 2004 | 279922 | Biography | Checked out | 05/25/2016 |