Nicholas Black Elk
Subtitle: medicine man, missionary, mystic
By: by Michael F. Steltenkamp.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Norman, Okla
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780806140636
Subjects: Black Elk, -- 1863-1950; Oglala Indians -- Biography; Shamans -- Great Plains -- Biography; Missionaries -- Great Plains -- Biography; Mystics -- Great Plains -- Biography; Oglala Indians -- Religion
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Cultural background; title: Childhood; title: The vision; title: Little Bighorn; title: Medicine man; title: Ghost dance; title: Wounded Knee legacy; title: Conversion; title: Catechist; title: The Two Roads map; title: Holy humor; title: Neihardt's visit; title: Sanctity; title: Sacred pipes; title: Sacred rites; title: The Land of Many Lodges; title: Black Elk's legacy; title: Medicine man, missionary, mystic; title: Chronology of events related to Nicholas William Black Elk.