Black Elk speaks : being the life story of a holy man of the Oglala Sioux, as told through John G. Neihardt (Flaming Rainbow) ; annotated by Raymond J. DeMallie ; with illustrations by Standing Bear

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The instance Black Elk speaks : being the life story of a holy man of the Oglala Sioux, as told through John G. Neihardt (Flaming Rainbow) ; annotated by Raymond J. DeMallie ; with illustrations by Standing Bear represents a material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College.

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Label

Black Elk speaks : being the life story of a holy man of the Oglala Sioux, as told through John G. Neihardt (Flaming Rainbow) ; annotated by Raymond J. DeMallie ; with illustrations by Standing Bear

Link

http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0903/2008038002.html

Title remainder

being the life story of a holy man of the Oglala Sioux

Statement of responsibility

as told through John G. Neihardt (Flaming Rainbow) ; annotated by Raymond J. DeMallie ; with illustrations by Standing Bear

Instantiates

• Black Elk speaks : being the life story of a holy man of the Oglala Sioux

Publication

• Albany, N.Y., Excelsior Editions, State University Press of New York Press, c2008

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-324) 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

The offering of the pipe -- Early boyhood -- The great vision -- The bison hunt -- At the soldiers' town -- High Horse's courting -- Wasichus in the hills -- The fight with Three Stars -- The rubbing out of Long Hair -- Walking the black road -- The killing of Crazy Horse -- Grandmother's land -- The compelling fear -- The horse dance -- The dog vision -- Heyoka ceremony -- The first cure -- The powers of the bison and the elk -- Across the big water -- The spirit journey -- The messiah -- Visions of the other world -- Bad trouble coming -- The butchering at Wounded Knee -- The end of the dream -- Neihardt's postscript -- Appendix : Letter from Neihardt to Black Elk, 6 November 19 -- The drawings by Black Elk's friend, Standing Bear -- John G. Neihardt and Nicholas Black Elk

Control code

ocn228368926

Dimensions

26 cm.

Edition

Premier ed.

Extent

xxviii, 334 p.

Isbn

9781438425405

Isbn Type

(pbk. : alk. paper)

Lccn

2008038002

Media category

unmediated

Media MARC source

rdamedia

Media type code

• n

Other physical details

ill. (some col.)

Record ID

u82563

System control number

• (Sirsi) o228368926
• (OCoLC)228368926