Black Elk Speaks Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux, the Premier Edition

Name: Black Elk Speaks Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux, the Premier Edition
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ISBN: 9781438425405

ISBN-10: 1438425406

ISBN-13: 9781438425405

Edition: 2008

Authors: John G. Neihardt

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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.

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Publication date: 10/16/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 364
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Maps


Preface to the 1932 Edition


Preface to the 1961 Edition


Preface to the 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


Neihardt's Postscript


Letter from Neihardt to Black Elk, 6 November 1930


The Drawings by Black Elk's Friend, Standing Bear


John G. Neihardt and Nicholas Black Elk


References


Index