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Author Neihardt, John G., 1881-1973.

Title When the tree flowered : the story of Eagle Voice, a Sioux Indian / by John G. Neihardt ; introduction by Raymond J. DeMallie.

Imprint Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [1991]

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Special Collections Eucalyptus  813.52 N316w 1991    ---  Lib Use Only
Edition New ed.
Description xx, 248 pages ; 21 cm
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Note "A Bison book"--Title page verso.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages xvii-xviii).
Summary "When the Tree Flowered is John Neihardt's mature and reflective interpretation of the old Sioux way of life. He served as a translator of the Sioux past whose audience has proved not to be limited by space or time. Through his writings, Black Elk, Eagle Elk, and other old men who were of that last generation of Sioux to have participated in the old buffalo-hunting life and disorienting period of strife with the U.S. army found a literary voice. What they said chronicles a dramatic transition in the life of the Plains Indians; the record of their thoughts, interpreted by Neihardt, is a legacy preserved for the future. It transcends the specifics of this one tragic case of cultural misunderstanding and conflict and speaks to universal human concerns. It is a story worth contemplating both for itself and for the lessons it teaches all humanity."-Raymond J. DeMallie, editor of The Sixth Grandfather: Black Elk's Teachings Given to John G. Neihardt.
Subject Oglala Indians -- Fiction.
Oglala Indians. (OCoLC)fst01044467
Oglala (Indiens) -- Romans.
Genre/Form Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Western fiction.
Historical fiction.
Western stories.
ISBN 0803283636 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780803283633 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

 
    
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