Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux

Author: Nicholas Black ElkBrand: Bison BooksEdition: 3Rev EdFeatures: the life and times and vision of Black Elk, Ogalala SiouxBinding: PaperbackNumber Of Pages: 312Release Date: 01-12-2005Details: Black Elk Speaks is the story of the Lakota visionary and healer Nicholas Black Elk (1863-1950) and his people during the momentous twilight years of the nineteenth century. Black Elk met the distinguished poet, writer, and critic John G. Neihardt (1881-1973) in 1930 on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota and chose Neihardt to tell his story. Neihardt understood and conveyed Black Elk’s experiences in this powerful and inspirational message for all humankind. When Black Elk received his great vision, white settlers were invading the Lakotas’ homeland, decimating buffalo herds, and threatening to extinguish the Lakotas’ way of life. The Lakotas fought fiercely to retain their freedom and way of life, a dogged resistance that resulted in a remarkable victory at the Little Bighorn and an