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Black Elk Speaks, 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, offers readers much more than a precious glimpse of a vanished time. Black Elk’s searing visions of the unity of humanity and Earth, conveyed by John G. Neihardt, have made this book a classic that crosses multiple genres. Whether appreciated as the poignant tale of a Lakota life, as a history of a Native nation, or as an enduring spiritual testament, Black Elk Speaks is unforgettable.

 

Black Elk met the distinguished poet, writer, and critic John G. Neihardt in 1930 on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota and asked Neihardt to share his story with the world. Neihardt understood and conveyed Black Elk’s experiences in this powerful and inspirational message for all humankind.

 

This complete edition features a new introduction by historian Philip J. Deloria and annotations of Black Elk’s story by renowned Lakota scholar Raymond J. DeMallie. Three essays by John G. Neihardt provide background on this landmark work along with pieces by Vine Deloria Jr., Raymond J. DeMallie, Alexis Petri, and Lori Utecht. Maps, original illustrations by Standing Bear, and a set of appendixes rounds out the edition.

 

Ebook Black Elk Speaks The Complete Edition John G Neihardt Philip J Deloria Vine Deloria Jr 9780803283916 Books

"Hear it directly from the author who lived it and wrote it, Black Elk. The United States has a very poor history in terms of its relationships with Indian tribes and its willingness to honor agreements. It was a period of great greed for land and a saga of eliminating Indian tribes. Black Foot relates how the white settlers invaded the Lakota's land and literally stole it right out from under them. The white man killed off the buffalo herds for mainly sport, and deprived the Lakota's from their primary life line in terms of food, skins, etc. He speaks of how the White Man killed off his culture making the Indians more and more dependent upon what the White Man was willing to give the Indians. He speaks of the Indian victory at Little Big Horn, better known as Custer's Last Stand, and then the unpardonable American slaughter of Lakota men, women and children at Wounded Knee.

The United State's cruel and inhumane treatment of the American Indians is best told in this book. Read it and do all you can in your power to never allow a travesty of this description befall any other people on earth."

Product details Paperback 424 pages Publisher Bison Books; Reprint edition (March 1, 2014) Language English ISBN-10 0803283911

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Black Elk Speaks The Complete Edition John G Neihardt Philip J Deloria Vine Deloria Jr 9780803283916 Books Reviews

• This is by far the best book I have read so far, from all of the Native American books on . It is also the best of quality of the books I have received, even though it's soft bound. You will take a historical adventure with Black Elk at your side to the Little Big Horn and to Wounded Knee. This book was written from the transcripts of the original author who lived with Black Elk while writing it. The book was translated by Black Elk's son who was fluent in English and in the Sioux language. There are footnotes throughout by a reviewing author that tells of when the author strays from the original transcripts. I think they could have been left out or put at the end of the book. I would read the entire chapter, then go back and read the footnotes, as there are so many that they kind of get in the way. At times though, I must admit they help out. This is a real life Native American history as told by one who lived it. His vision, is probably one of the most important lessons in all of Native American history and belief systems. I truly think this is one of the best books that I have read so far, and intend to read it again. It makes me sorry to read of our military efforts to exterminate our Native Americans and our government treaties that were broken. We are truly blessed by our Native American spirituality, history and wisdom. I can only pray that we work together on this earth and honor our words in the future.
• Having read Black Elk Speaks decades ago, and loving it, I wanted to upgrade to this “premier edition” with photos, art work, appendices etc. I was horribly disappointed to realize as I was reading along, that 33 pages are missing in the center of the book! Once you reach page 98, the text reverts back to page 67 and repeats the next 31 pages. When you reach page 98...again....it skips to page 131! Pages 99 through page 130 are missing. I am so disappointed. If you are planning on ordering this edition, ask the seller to verify that their copy does not share this defect. I don’t know if it was just my copy, or if the entire printing run was affected. It should have been caught by the seller before listing it, in my opinion.
• Well written. Keeps your attention. Fascinating and true story written by a man who was getting a first hand account of an historic event that he actually lived through. Priceless history from the American Indian position.
• There are few words I can say, so stricken, my heart, from this book. The voice of Black Elk is clear. His telling of his vision has inspired me in so many aspects of my own life- that a vision must be stepped into even ritualistically at first to gain power from the vision itself. How many ways can that be applied to my own life?? Deep love for him.
• Hear it directly from the author who lived it and wrote it, Black Elk. The United States has a very poor history in terms of its relationships with Indian tribes and its willingness to honor agreements. It was a period of great greed for land and a saga of eliminating Indian tribes. Black Foot relates how the white settlers invaded the Lakota's land and literally stole it right out from under them. The white man killed off the buffalo herds for mainly sport, and deprived the Lakota's from their primary life line in terms of food, skins, etc. He speaks of how the White Man killed off his culture making the Indians more and more dependent upon what the White Man was willing to give the Indians. He speaks of the Indian victory at Little Big Horn, better known as Custer's Last Stand, and then the unpardonable American slaughter of Lakota men, women and children at Wounded Knee.
  
  The United State's cruel and inhumane treatment of the American Indians is best told in this book. Read it and do all you can in your power to never allow a travesty of this description befall any other people on earth.
• This is an authentic recollection, taken down in 1930 by a professor/anthropologist, of a Sioux medicine man and warrior's life, an Indian who was present at both the defeat of General Custer (1876) and the massacre of Sioux women and children at Wounded Knee in 1890. The speaker,
  Black Elk, tells with great poignancy his early visions as a youth that propelled him to be a healer; of the betrayal of his Sioux people by the whites when gold was discovered in the Black Hills of Dakota territory; of the "rubbing out of Long Hair" ( the defeat of Custer), of Black Elk's travels in Europe as a performer in Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show; and finally of his return to the frontier to witness and fight against US soldiers at Wounded Knee. He also recounts the assassinations of Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull by the Reservation police.
  This is a book that should be on the reading list of every US high school's American History class. It is a rare insight into the broken treaties and the final betrayal, incarceration and placing on reservations of the proud, independent Sioux nation. It is the end of the frontier and the end of a way of life. Sadly, it is also a curtain raiser to the same kind of atrocities, little known, that US forces committed against Filipinos in the first years of the 1900's; and it leads to My Lai in Vietnam, and Abu Gharib in Iraq. It is another reminder that war and colonization is hell, and that commanders cannot be counted on to restrain their men, and that the casualties of conquest are more often civilians than soldiers.
  The real sadness of this book, however, is Black Elk's measured but ultimately tragic telling of the death of the Sioux way of life in the final decades of the 1800's, of the breaking of their spirit, and the perishing of their magical, nomadic culture at the hands of "Western progress."