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Title: Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux by Black Elk, John Gneisenau Neihardt, Nicholas Black Elk, Black ISBN: 0-8032-6170-5 Publisher: Bison Bks Corp Pub. Date: June, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.41 (34 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Amazing
Comment: This chilling-tale riddled with metaphors was something I could hardly put down. It's classic mythology at it's best, combining stories of a tribe with the true myths of the Native American's backgroud. This is definatley a worth-while read for anyone who has an english background; or even those who are interested in another culture.
Rating: 5
Summary: An Amazing and Touching Book
Comment: Read the soothing words of Black Elk. They are worth your while.
Rating: 5
Summary: Valuable Biographical and Historical Document
Comment: Black Elk of the Ogallala Sioux (or Lakota, their real name) led quite an important life among his people. He was present at Custer's Last Stand and the Wounded Knee Massacre, and even toured Europe with Buffalo Bill. John G. Neihardt has given us this very important life story as told by Black Elk himself. The saga of Black Elk and his people during their final years of freedom is very important from a biographical and historical standpoint. Contrary to popular opinion, this book is not really a treatise on Native American religion, as it is only Black Elk's personal story, though there is much valuable material on spirituality as he saw it. His many messianic visions are described in great detail. These would be looked on by Westerners as fever-induced dreams, but they still had great significance in Black Elk's life and the fate of his people. Also interesting are his tales of working as a medicine man and curing sick people. Instead of dismissing such tales, we should look on them as great examples of the power of positive thinking, not to mention homeopathic remedies. There has always been some concern about how much Neihardt altered the story to fit Western writing methods, with possible losses to Black Elk's true narrative. But one of the great modern Native American activists, Vine Deloria, gives his endorsement in the new introduction. While not quite the compendium of spiritual knowledge that many people think it is, this is still an extremely valuable and enlightening life story of a man who has much to teach us.
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Title: The Sacred Pipe: Black Elk's Account of the Seven Rites of the Oglala Sioux (Civilization of the American Indian Series, Vol 36) by Joseph E. Brown ISBN: 0806121246 Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $9.79 |
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Title: Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Alexander Brown ISBN: 0805066691 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, Inc. Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Black Elk: The Sacred Ways of a Lakota by Elk Wallace Black ISBN: 0062500740 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: March, 1991 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Mother Earth Spirituality : Native American Paths to Healing Ourselves and Our World by Ed McGaa ISBN: 0062505963 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: May, 1990 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Lame Deer, Seeker of Visions by Richard Erdoes ISBN: 0671888021 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: October, 1994 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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