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Black Elk

(Black Elk, 1863-1950)

Heȟáka Sápa, commonly known as Black Elk (baptized Nicholas; December 1, 1863 – August 19, 1950), was a wičháša wakȟáŋ ("medicine man, holy man") and heyoka of the Oglala Lakota people. He was a second cousin of the war leader Crazy Horse and fought with him in the Battle of Little Bighorn. He survived the Wounded Knee Massacre in 1890. He toured and performed in Europe as part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West. (From Wikipedia)

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Neihardt, John G., 1881-1973

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Filed under: Black Elk, 1863-1950

The Sixth Grandfather: Black Elk's Teachings Given to John G. Neihardt (Lincoln, NE and London: University of Nebraska Press, 1984), by John G. Neihardt, ed. by Raymond J. DeMallie, contrib. by Black Elk and Hilda Neihardt Petri (multiple formats with commentary at fulcrum.org)

1 additional book about Black Elk in the extended shelves:

Sixth Grandfather: Black Elk's Teachings Given to John G. Neihardt (University of Nebraska Press, 1985), by Raymond J. DeMallie (JSTOR ebook)

Books by Black Elk:

Black Elk, 1863-1950, contrib.: The Sixth Grandfather: Black Elk's Teachings Given to John G. Neihardt (Lincoln, NE and London: University of Nebraska Press, 1984), by John G. Neihardt, ed. by Raymond J. DeMallie, also contrib. by Hilda Neihardt Petri (multiple formats with commentary at fulcrum.org)

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