The Black Elk reader / edited by Clyde Holler.

Other author Holler, Clyde.
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoSyracuse : Syracuse University Press, 2000.
Descriptionxxvi, 370 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects
Black Elk, 1863-1950 Black Elk speaks.
Neihardt, John G., 1881-1973
Oglala Indians--Biography.
Oglala Indians--Religion.
Lakota Indians

Contents Black Elk passes on the power of the Earth: Black Elk's purpose and use of Lakota literary tradition in creating Black Elk speaks / Ruth J. Heflin -- Speaking through others: Black Elk speaks as testimonial literature / R. Todd Wise -- Black Elk's significance in American culture / Amanda Porterfield -- Akicita of the thunder: horses in Black Elk's vision / Julian Rice -- John Neihardt and Black Elk speaks: a personal reminiscence / George W. Linden -- Black Elk and John G. Neihardt / Hilda Neihardt and R. Todd Wise -- A retrospective on Black Elk: holy man of the Oglala / Michael F. Steltenkamp -- A postcolonial reading of Black Elk / Dale Stover -- Just what is cultural appropriation, anyway? The Ethics of reading Black Elk speaks / Frances W. Kaye -- Inipi, the purification rite (sweat lodge), and Black Elk's account in The sacred pipe / Gregory P. Fields -- Black Elk and the spiritual significance of Paha sapa (the Black Hills) / Alexandra Witkin-New Holy -- Dakota philosophy / George W. Linden -- The great vision of Black Elk as literary ritual / R. Todd Wise -- The new missiology and Black Elk's individuation / Paul B. Steinmetz -- Black Elk and the Jesuits / Ross Enochs -- Sources and suggestions for further study of Black Elk and Lakota culture / Raymond A. Bucko
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 325-364) and index.
LCCN 99086250
ISBN0815628366 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
ISBN0815628358 (cl.)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks E99.O3 B483 2000 ✔ Available Place Hold