- Religion, Oglala Indians, Indians of North America, Biography
This is the story of the Oglala Lakota visionary and healer Nicholas Black Elk (1863-1950) and his people during momentous twilight years of the nineteenth century. It is at once a tale of Lakota life, a history of a Native nation, and an enduring spiritual testament, wherein the author conveys Black Elk's searing visions of the unity of humanity and Earth.
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Earnest, grave, contemplative and prestige.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
- unpretentiousprestige
- classical in formformally daring
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- Author
- John G. Neihardt, Black Elk
- First published
- 1972
- Pages
- 298
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press, Penguin Random House, Bison Books
- Editions
- 14
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780671785529
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