| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xxvi, 370 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-364) and index. |
| Contents |
Black Elk passes on the power of the Earth: Black Elk's purpose and use of Lakota literary tradition in creating Black Elk speaks / Ruth J. Heflin -- Speaking through others: Black Elk speaks as testimonial literature / R. Todd Wise -- Black Elk's significance in American culture / Amanda Porterfield -- Akicita of the thunder: horses in Black Elk's vision / Julian Rice -- John Neihardt and Black Elk speaks: a personal reminiscence / George W. Linden -- Black Elk and John G. Neihardt / Hilda Neihardt, R. Todd Wise -- A retrospective on Black Elk: holy man of the Oglala / Michael F. Steltenkamp -- A postcolonial reading of Black Elk / Dale Stover -- Just what is cultural appropriation, anyway? The Ethics of reading Black Elk speaks / Frances W. Kaye -- Inipi, the purification rite (sweat lodge), and Black Elk's account in The sacred pipe / Gregory P. Fields -- Black Elk and the spiritual significance of Paha sapa (the Black Hills) / Alexandra Witkin-New Holy -- Dakota philosophy / George W. Linden -- The great vision of Black Elk as literary ritual / R. Todd Wise -- The new missiology and Black Elk's individuation / Paul B. Steinmetz -- Black Elk and the Jesuits / Ross Enochs -- Sources and suggestions for further study of Black Elk and Lakota culture / Raymond A. Bucko |
| Subject |
Black Elk, 1863-1950. Black Elk speaks.
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Neihardt, John G., 1881-1973.
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Oglala Indians -- Biography.
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Oglala Indians -- Religion.
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Lakota Indians.
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| Added Author |
Holler, Clyde.
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| ISBN |
0815628366 (pbk. : acid-free paper) |
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0815628358 cloth |
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