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20 de abr. de 2010 · In 1930, he began telling his story to the writer John Neihardt; the result was Black Elk Speaks (1932), a vivid and affecting chronicle of Lakota history and spiritual traditions.
1 de ago. de 1988 · The most famous Native American book ever written, Black Elk Speaks is the acclaimed story of Lakota visionary and healer Nicholas Black Elk (1863 1950) and his people during the momentous, twilight years of the nineteenth century. Black Elk grew up in a time when white settlers were invading the Lakotas homeland, decimating buffalo herds and threatening to extinguish their way of life.
Black Elk Speaks, a personal narrative, has the characteristics of several genres: autobiography, testimonial, tribal history, and elegy.However, Neihardt's editing and his daughter's transcription of Black Elk's words, as well as Black Elk's son's original spoken translation, raise questions about the narrative's authenticity.Black Elk Speaks
1 de ene. de 2008 · Black Elk Speaks is widely hailed as a religious classic, one of the best spiritual books of the modern era and the bestselling book of all time by an American Indian. This inspirational and unfailingly powerful story reveals the life and visions of the Lakota healer Nicholas Black Elk (1863-1950) and the tragic history of his Sioux people during the epic closing decades of the Old West.
Black Elk Speaks however is more than the epic history of a valiant Native nation. It is beloved as a spiritual classic because of John Neihardt’s sensitivity to Black Elk’s resounding vision of the wholeness of earth, her creatures, and all of humanity. Black Elk Speaks is a once-in-a-lifetime read: the moving story of a young Lakota boy ...
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 Elkês searing visions of the unity of humanity and Earth, conveyed by John G. Neihardt, have made this book a classic that crosses multiple genres.
Black Elk Speaks is a book that documents the life and visions of Black Elk, a Lakota medicine man. The author, John G. Neihardt, spent extensive time with Black Elk, recording his stories and spiritual experiences. The book provides a unique insight into the culture and history of the Native American people, as well as the struggles they faced ...
