num_pages: 280
description: Black Elk Speaks is a 1932 book by John G. Neihardt, an American poet &amp; writer, who relates the story &amp; spirituality of Black Elk, an Oglala Lakota medicine man. It was based on conversations by Black Elk with the author &amp; translated from Lakota into English by Black Elk's son, Ben Black Elk, who was present during the talks. Neihardt transformed his notes to convey Black Elk's spiritual message in a powerful, lyrical English.
language: English
title: Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux, as told through John G. Neihardt
titlecomplete: Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux, as told through John G. Neihardt (Flaming Rainbow)
genres: History, Philosophy, Religion, Native Americans, Spirituality, Biography Memoir, Biography, Memoir, Nonfiction, Anthropology
ratings_count: 17122
awards: awardedAt: 1483257600000
name: One Book One Nebraska
publisher: University of Nebraska Press