The Resource Black Elk : the life of an American visionary, Joe Jackson
Black Elk : the life of an American visionary, Joe Jackson
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- Summary
- Black Elk, the Native American holy man, is known to millions of readers around the world from his 1932 testimonial Black Elk Speaks. Adapted by the poet John G. Neihardt from a series of interviews with Black Elk and other elders at the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, Black Elk Speaks is one of the most widely read and admired works of American Indian literature. Cryptic and deeply personal, it has been read as a spiritual guide, a philosophical manifesto, and a text to be deconstructed -- while the historical Black Elk has faded from view. In this sweeping book, Joe Jackson provides the definitive biographical account of a figure whose dramatic life converged with some of the most momentous events in the history of the American West. Born in an era of rising violence between the Sioux, white settlers, and U.S. government troops, Black Elk killed his first man at the Little Bighorn, witnessed the death of his second cousin Crazy Horse, and traveled to Europe with Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. Upon his return, he was swept up in the traditionalist Ghost Dance movement and shaken by the Massacre at Wounded Knee. But Black Elk was not a warrior, instead accepting the path of a healer and holy man, motivated by a powerful prophetic vision that he struggled to understand. Although Black Elk embraced Catholicism in his later years, he continued to practice the old ways clandestinely and never refrained from seeking meaning in the visions that both haunted and inspired him
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xviii, 599 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
-
- Prologue: "A sort of a preacher"
- If you're not good, the wasichus will get you
- Chosen
- A casualty of the hundred slain
- The great vision
- Resurrection
- The Black Hills
- "It is war"
- When the wasichus come
- Childhood's end
- The burning road
- Killing Crazy Horse
- Grandmother's land
- The fear
- Dances with thunder
- The Messiah will come again
- The land of darkness
- The making of a medicine man
- The "show man"
- The entrance to hell
- La belle epoque
- The messiah will come again
- Dances with ghosts
- Wounded Knee
- "There will be a better day to die"
- "What is an Indian?"
- The underground
- Black robe days
- Vanishing Americans
- Black Elk speaks
- Defenders of the faith
- Disciples
- Epilogue: Besieged
- Isbn
- 9780374253301
- Label
- Black Elk : the life of an American visionary
- Title
- Black Elk
- Title remainder
- the life of an American visionary
- Statement of responsibility
- Joe Jackson
- Title variation
- Sacred tree is dead : the two wars of Black Elk, holy man of the Oglala Sioux
- Subject
-
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Biography
- Black Elk, 1863-1950
- Black Elk, 1863-1950
- Black Elk, 1863-1950
- HISTORY -- Native American
- Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1866-1895
- Lakota Indians
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Cultural Heritage
- Lakota Indians
- Oglala Indians
- Oglala Indians -- Biography
- Oglala Indians -- Biography
- Oglala Indians -- Religion
- Oglala Indians -- Religion
- Oglala Indians -- Religion
- Lakota Indians
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Native Americans
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Black Elk, the Native American holy man, is known to millions of readers around the world from his 1932 testimonial Black Elk Speaks. Adapted by the poet John G. Neihardt from a series of interviews with Black Elk and other elders at the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, Black Elk Speaks is one of the most widely read and admired works of American Indian literature. Cryptic and deeply personal, it has been read as a spiritual guide, a philosophical manifesto, and a text to be deconstructed -- while the historical Black Elk has faded from view. In this sweeping book, Joe Jackson provides the definitive biographical account of a figure whose dramatic life converged with some of the most momentous events in the history of the American West. Born in an era of rising violence between the Sioux, white settlers, and U.S. government troops, Black Elk killed his first man at the Little Bighorn, witnessed the death of his second cousin Crazy Horse, and traveled to Europe with Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. Upon his return, he was swept up in the traditionalist Ghost Dance movement and shaken by the Massacre at Wounded Knee. But Black Elk was not a warrior, instead accepting the path of a healer and holy man, motivated by a powerful prophetic vision that he struggled to understand. Although Black Elk embraced Catholicism in his later years, he continued to practice the old ways clandestinely and never refrained from seeking meaning in the visions that both haunted and inspired him
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1955-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Jackson, Joe
- Dewey number
- 978.004/9752440092
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- portraits
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E99.O3
- LC item number
- J33 2016
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Black Elk
- Black Elk
- Black Elk
- Oglala Indians
- Oglala Indians
- Lakota Indians
- Indians of North America
- Lakota Indians
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- HISTORY
- Oglala Indians
- Oglala Indians
- Lakota Indians
- Lakota Indians
- Oglala Indians
- Oglala Indians
- Label
- Black Elk : the life of an American visionary, Joe Jackson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 499-564) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue: "A sort of a preacher" -- If you're not good, the wasichus will get you -- Chosen -- A casualty of the hundred slain -- The great vision -- Resurrection -- The Black Hills -- "It is war" -- When the wasichus come -- Childhood's end -- The burning road -- Killing Crazy Horse -- Grandmother's land -- The fear -- Dances with thunder -- The Messiah will come again -- The land of darkness -- The making of a medicine man -- The "show man" -- The entrance to hell -- La belle epoque -- The messiah will come again -- Dances with ghosts -- Wounded Knee -- "There will be a better day to die" -- "What is an Indian?" -- The underground -- Black robe days -- Vanishing Americans -- Black Elk speaks -- Defenders of the faith -- Disciples -- Epilogue: Besieged
- Control code
- ocn946579928
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xviii, 599 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780374253301
- Lccn
- 2016016695
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 40026578611
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps, portraits
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780374253301
- (OCoLC)946579928
- Label
- Black Elk : the life of an American visionary, Joe Jackson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 499-564) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue: "A sort of a preacher" -- If you're not good, the wasichus will get you -- Chosen -- A casualty of the hundred slain -- The great vision -- Resurrection -- The Black Hills -- "It is war" -- When the wasichus come -- Childhood's end -- The burning road -- Killing Crazy Horse -- Grandmother's land -- The fear -- Dances with thunder -- The Messiah will come again -- The land of darkness -- The making of a medicine man -- The "show man" -- The entrance to hell -- La belle epoque -- The messiah will come again -- Dances with ghosts -- Wounded Knee -- "There will be a better day to die" -- "What is an Indian?" -- The underground -- Black robe days -- Vanishing Americans -- Black Elk speaks -- Defenders of the faith -- Disciples -- Epilogue: Besieged
- Control code
- ocn946579928
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xviii, 599 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780374253301
- Lccn
- 2016016695
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 40026578611
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps, portraits
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780374253301
- (OCoLC)946579928
Subject
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Biography
- Black Elk, 1863-1950
- Black Elk, 1863-1950
- Black Elk, 1863-1950
- HISTORY -- Native American
- Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1866-1895
- Lakota Indians
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Cultural Heritage
- Lakota Indians
- Oglala Indians
- Oglala Indians -- Biography
- Oglala Indians -- Biography
- Oglala Indians -- Religion
- Oglala Indians -- Religion
- Oglala Indians -- Religion
- Lakota Indians
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Native Americans
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