Black Elk speaks : being the life story of a holy man of the Oglala Sioux
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0803233019
ISBN 13
9780803233010
Category
General Library Collection
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Publication Year
1979
Publisher
Pages
298
Subject
Black Elk -- 1863-1950
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Abstract
"The most famous Native American book ever written, Black Elk Speaks is the acclaimed story of Lakota visionary and healer Nicholas Black Elk (1863–1950) and his people during the momentous, twilight years of the nineteenth century. Black Elk grew up in a time when white settlers were invading the Lakotas’ homeland, decimating buffalo herds and threatening to extinguish their way of life. Black Elk and other Lakotas fought back, a dogged resistance that resulted in a remarkable victory at the Little Bighorn and an unspeakable tragedy at Wounded Knee.
Beautifully told through the celebrated poet and writer John G. Neihardt, Black Elk Speaks offers much more than a life story. Black Elk’s profound and arresting religious visions of the unity of humanity and the world around him have transformed his account into a venerated spiritual classic. Whether appreciated as a collaborative autobiography, a history of a Native American nation, or an enduring spiritual testament for all humankind, Black Elk Speaks is unforgettable.
This special edition features all three prefaces to Black Elk Speaks that John G. Neihardt wrote at different points in his life, a map of Black Elk’s world, a reset text with Lakota words reproduced using the latest orthographic standards, and color paintings by Lakota artist Standing Bear that have not been widely available for decades."--Amazon.
Beautifully told through the celebrated poet and writer John G. Neihardt, Black Elk Speaks offers much more than a life story. Black Elk’s profound and arresting religious visions of the unity of humanity and the world around him have transformed his account into a venerated spiritual classic. Whether appreciated as a collaborative autobiography, a history of a Native American nation, or an enduring spiritual testament for all humankind, Black Elk Speaks is unforgettable.
This special edition features all three prefaces to Black Elk Speaks that John G. Neihardt wrote at different points in his life, a map of Black Elk’s world, a reset text with Lakota words reproduced using the latest orthographic standards, and color paintings by Lakota artist Standing Bear that have not been widely available for decades."--Amazon.
Biblio Notes
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 --
Author's postscript.
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.
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