Black Elk Speaks; Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux by Neihardt, John G. (Biography of Black Elk.)

Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press [0-8032-8385-7] 2004, later printing. (Trade paperback) 270pp. Very good plus. Maps, photographs, black and white and color illustrations, appendices, index. "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. Neihardt (1881-1973) in 1930 on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota and chose Neihardt to tell his story". Biography of Black Elk. Introduction by Vine Deloria, Jr. Locale: Great Plains; United States; Wounded Knee. (Indians of N.A., Battle of Wounded Knee, Indian Wars, Indians of North America, Mythology, Oglala Sioux Indians, Sioux Indians, Spiritual Awareness, Teton Indians, Wild West Shows).