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Black Elk, 1863-1950.

Title Black Elk speaks : being the life story of a holy man of the Oglala Sioux / as told through John G. Neihardt (Flaming Rainbow) ; annotated by Raymond J. DeMallie ; with illustrations by Standing Bear.

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Albany, N.Y. : Excelsior Editions, State University Press of New York Press, Š2008.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe Special Collections Whitehead	978.0049752 B563Bb 2008	---	Lib Use Only

Edition	Premier ed.
Description	xxviii, 334 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
	text txt rdacontent
	unmediated n rdamedia
	volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-324) and index.
Contents	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 -- Neihardt's postscript -- Appendix : Letter from Neihardt to Black Elk, 6 November 19 -- The drawings by Black Elk's friend, Standing Bear -- John G. Neihardt and Nicholas Black Elk.
Summary	"Black Elk Speaks is widely hailed as a religious classic, one of the best spiritual books of the modern era and the bestselling book of all time by an American Indian. This inspirational and unfailingly powerful story reveals the life and visions of the Lakota healer Nicholas Black Elk (1863-1950) and the tragic history of his Sioux people during the epic closing decades of the Old West. In 1930, the aging Black Elk met a kindred spirit, the famed poet, writer, and critic John G. Neihardt (1881-1973) on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. The Lakota elder chose Neihardt to share his visions and life with the world. Neihardt understood and today Black Elk is known to all."--Page 4 of cover.
Subject	Black Elk, 1863-1950.
	Black Elk, 1863-1950. (OCoLC)fst00039557
	Oglala Indians -- Biography.
	Oglala Indians -- Religion.
	Lakota Indians.
	Oglala Indians. (OCoLC)fst01044467
	Oglala Indians -- Religion. (OCoLC)fst01044479
	Lakota Indians. (OCoLC)fst01148316
Genre/Form	Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
	Biographies.
Added Author	Neihardt, John G., 1881-1973.
	DeMallie, Raymond J., 1946-
ISBN	9781438425405 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
	1438425406 (pbk. ; alk. paper)