Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux by John G. Neihardt

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

John G. Neihardt

238 pages first pub 1993 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
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"Black Elk Speaks is the story of the Lakota visionary and healer Nicholas Black Elk (1863-1950) and his people during the momentous twilight years of the nineteenth century. Black Elk met the distinguished poet, writer, and critic John G. Neihard...

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tense 10%
hopeful 6%
mysterious 6%

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