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Author Doyle, Abby Badach, author.

Title Black Elk / Abby Badach Doyle.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Enslow Publishing, [2023]
©2023

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Location Call No. Status
 New Britain, Main Library - Children's Department  J970.2 BLA    Check Shelf
 Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Children's Department  JB BLACK ELK    Check Shelf
Description 32 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 19 x 23 cm.
Series Native Americans make history
Doyle, Abby Badach. Native Americans make history.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.
Contents A great healer -- Early years -- A powerful dream -- Gold rush -- Heading north -- The horse dance -- Life at Pine Ridge -- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show -- Traveling overseas -- A new movement -- Wounded Knee -- Family and faith -- Keeping history alive -- Timeline -- Glossary.
Note "Investigate!"--Front cover.
Summary "Black Elk has an important place in Native American history and United States history, having been a big part of the Battle of Wounded Knee. A medicine man of the Oglala Sioux with great talents as a healer, Black Elk is a fascinating figure for young readers to learn about. In this volume, his life and importance are discussed in age-appropriate detail. Historical context in the main text and fact boxes supplements social studies classroom learning as well as awareness of other cultures. A concluding timeline sums up Black Elk's life to aid readers' understanding."-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Black Elk, 1863-1950 -- Juvenile literature.
Oglala Indians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Oglala Indians -- Religion -- Juvenile literature.
Black Elk, 1863-1950. (OCoLC)fst00039557
Oglala Indians. (OCoLC)fst01044467
Oglala Indians -- Religion. (OCoLC)fst01044479
Genre/Form Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Other Form: Online version: Doyle, Abby Badach. Black Elk New York : Enslow Publishing, [2023] 9781978527577 (DLC) 2021050328
ISBN 9781978527560 (library binding)
197852756X (library binding)
9781978527546 (paperback)
1978527543 (paperback)
9781978527553 (set)
1978527551 (set)
9781978527577 (ebook)
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