Black Elk : Holy Man of the Oglala

Type

Book

Authors

Michael F. Steltenkamp ( Steltenkamp, Michael F. )

ISBN 10

0806129883

ISBN 13

9780806129884

Tags

Black Elk 1863-1950, Oglala -- Biography, Oglala -- Missions, Oglala, Oglala -- Religion, Lakota, Lakota -- Biography, Lakota -- Religion, Lakota -- Missions

Abstract

"This biography of Black Elk is based on extensive interviews with Lucy Looks Twice, the holy man’s last surviving child, as well as others who knew him personally. Michael F. Steltenkamp sheds new light on the figure portrayed in Black Elk Speaks as a victim of Western subjugation, doomed to live out his life as a relic of the past. Instead, Steltenkamp reveals that in 1904 Black Elk was baptized a Catholic and subsequently served as a devoted catechist and missionary to his fellow American Indians until his death in 1950."--Back cover.

Description

xxiii, 211 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Biblio Notes

Includes bibliography and index.

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