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

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This inspirational and unfailingly powerful story reveals the life and visions of the Lakota healer Nicholas Black Elk and the tragic history of his Sioux people. This premier edition features the first-ever annotated edition of Black Elk's story as well as new commentary, maps, and a revised index.

Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux 2008, State University of New York Press, Albany, NY

ISBN-13: 9781438425405

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Select 		Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux 1996, Dramatic Pub.

ISBN-13: 9780871296153

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Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux 1988, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE

ISBN-13: 9780803283596

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Select 		Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux 1979, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE

ISBN-13: 9780803233010

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

2008, Trade paperback

ISBN-13:

9781438425405

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

1996, Trade paperback

ISBN-13:

9780871296153

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

1988, Trade paperback

ISBN-13:

9780803283596

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

1979, Hardcover

ISBN-13:

9780803233010

Books by John Gneisenau Neihardt

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MarkT

Aug 31, 2007

History or Western Novel?

"Black Elk Speaks" is an interesting book, but if read completely, to include the appendices, it becomes clear that the author took significant liberties in transforming the originally dictated manuscript into more romantic prose. This has the disappointing effect of casting doubt over the book as a work of history. Taken for prose, the book is a sad memoir of an aged Lakota warrior and a record of his "visions".
There are several disconnects. For warrior/medicine man who ultimately seeks revenge on the white man for the slaughter at Wounded Knee, Black Elk had little trepidation about throwing in with Wild Bill's Wild West show and touring Europe for a few years. Black Elk omits his own tribe's murder of white women and children while painting vivid pictures of U.S. Army war crimes.
Still, a deeper of understanding of Plains Indian culture will be gained by any reader.
I wouldn't recommend this book.

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