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

Title: Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux Author: Nicholas Black Elk ISBN: 9780803261709 Publisher: University of Nebraska Press Published: 2000 Binding: Paperback Language: English Condition: Used: Near Fine Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders. H 1669868 Publisher Description: Named one of the ten best spiritual books of the twentieth century by Philip Zaleski of HarperSanFrancisco, "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 the Lakotas' way of life. Black Elk and o