03026cam a2200493 i 4500 362497864 TxAuBib 20170524120000.0 880419s1979||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 88014317 9780803283596 0803283598 9780803233010 cloth 0803233019 cloth (OCoLC)17917663 TxAuBib rda Black Elk, 1863-1950. Black Elk speaks : being the life story of a holy man of the Oglala Sioux / as told through John G. Neihardt (Flaming Rainbow) ; introduction by Vine Deloria, Jr. Being the life story of a holy man of the Oglala Sioux. Lincoln, Nerbrask : University of Nebraska Press, 1979. xix, 298 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Bison book, A Bison book http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83722851 Originally published: New York : Morrow, 1932. Introduction / by Vine Deloria Jr. -- The offering of the pipe -- Early boyhood -- The great vision -- The bison hunt -- At the soldier's 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 -- Appendixes. Letter from John G. Neihardt to Nick Black Elk, 6 November 1930 ; A Neihardt-Black Elk portfolio ; The origin of the peace pipe. In order to preserve his traditional culture, this Sioux seer related its values and traditions to the wider world. Accounts of his visions and of the tribal dances he carried out according to those visions are particularly vivid and notable. Still very influential today. - "Earth works - recommended fiction and non fiction about nature and the environment for adults and young adults.". Accelerated Reader BL 5.6 10.0. 20170524. Black Elk, 1863-1950. Oglala Indians Biography. Oglala Indians Religion. Lakota Indians. Indians of North America Great Plains Biography. Indians of North America Great Plains Religion and mythology. Oglala Indians Religion and mythology. Teton Indians. Neihardt, John G. Deloria, Vine, writer of introduction. A Bison book. Bison book http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83722851.