Black Elk Speaks : Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux, the Premier Edition
ISBN: 9781438425405 | 1438425406
Format: PaperbackPublisher: State Univ of New York Pr
Pub. Date: 8/1/2008
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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.
| List of Illustrations | p. ix |
| Maps | p. xi |
| Preface to the 1932 Edition | p. xvii |
| Preface to the 1961 Edition | p. xxi |
| Preface to the 1972 Edition | p. xxvii |
| The Offering of the Pipe | p. 1 |
| Early Boyhood | p. 7 |
| The Great Vision | p. 17 |
| The Bison Hunt | p. 37 |
| At the Soldiers' Town | p. 47 |
| High Horse's Cour... MORE | p. 53 |
| Wasichus in the Hills | p. 61 |
| The Fight with Three Stars | p. 73 |
| The Rubbing Out of Long Hair | p. 83 |
| Walking the Black Road | p. 103 |
| The Killing of Crazy Horse | p. 111 |
| Grandmother's Land | p. 115 |
| The Compelling Fear | p. 123 |
| The Horse Dance | p. 129 |
| The Dog Vision | p. 141 |
| Heyoka Ceremony | p. 149 |
| The First Cure | p. 155 |
| The Powers of the Bison and the Elk | p. 163 |
| Across the Big Water | p. 171 |
| The Spirit Journey | p. 179 |
| The Messiah | p. 185 |
| Visions of the Other World | p. 193 |
| Bad Trouble Coming | p. 201 |
| The Butchering at Wounded Knee | p. 207 |
| The End of the Dream | p. 213 |
| Neihardt's Postscript | p. 219 |
| Letter from Neihardt to Black Elk, 6 November 1930 | p. 223 |
| The Drawings by Black Elk's Friend, Standing Bear | p. 227 |
| John G. Neihardt and Nicholas Black Elk | p. 289 |
| References | p. 317 |
| Index | p. 325 |
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