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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.--cover Page 4. Reveals The Life Of Lakota Healer Nicholas Black Elk As He Led His Tribe's Battle Against White Settlers Who Threatened Their Homes And Buffalo Herds, And Describes The Victories And Tragedies At Little Bighorn And Wounded Knee. 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 H
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- Author
- as told through John G. Neihardt (Flaming Rainbow)
- Publisher
- Albany, N.Y.: Excelsior Editions, State University Press of New York Press
- Published
- 2008
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780803283916
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Memoir, Historical Fiction, Religion
- Rating
- 4.13 / 5 (249 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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