The Sacred Pipe: Black Elk's Account of the Seven Rites of the Oglala Sioux by Black Elk, Joseph Epes Brown

The Sacred Pipe: Black Elk's Account of the Seven Rites of the Oglala Sioux

Black Elk, Joseph Epes Brown

172 pages • first pub 1953 (view editions)

nonfiction history religion informative reflective slow-paced
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Black Elk of the Sioux has been recognized as one of the truly remarkable men of his time in the matter of religious belief and practice. Shortly before his death in August, 1950, when he was the "keeper of the sacred pipe," he said, "It is my pra...

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