Lakota Indians

Black Elk speaks

by Neihardt, John G., DeMallie, Raymond J., Deloria, Philip Joseph, Black Elk, Shahan, A.

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"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 Elk's searing visions of the…

Black Elk: the life of an American visionary

by Jackson, Joe

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"Black Elk, the Native American holy man, is known to millions of readers around the world from his 1932 testimonial Black Elk Speaks. Adapted by the poet John G. Neihardt from a series of interviews with Black Elk and other elders at the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, …

Black Elk: the life of an American visionary

by Jackson, Joe

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"Black Elk, the Native American holy man, is known to millions of readers around the world from his 1932 testimonial Black Elk Speaks. Adapted by the poet John G. Neihardt from a series of interviews with Black Elk and other elders at the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, …

The Lakota way: stories and lessons for living

by Marshall, Joseph

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Synopsis: Rich with storytelling, history, and folklore, The Lakota Way expresses the heart of Native American philosophy and imparts the path to a fulfilling and meaningful life. Joseph Marshall is a member of the Sicunga Lakota Sioux and has dedicated his entire life to the wi…

The Lakota way: stories and lessons for living

by Marshall, Joseph

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In The Lakota Way, Joe Marshall expresses the heart of Native American philosophy and the qualities that are crucial to the Lakota path to a fulfilling and meaningful life: bravery, fortitude, generosity, wisdom, respect, honor, selflessness, perseverance, love, humility, sacrif…

Culturicide, resistance, and survival of the Lakota ("Sioux Nation")

by Fenelon, James V.

fromNative Americans (Garland Publishing, Inc.)

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This ground-breaking work develops theories and methods of analyzing the United States' domination of Native Americans through a study of the Lakota society known as the ""Sioux Nation of Indians."" Two centuries of struggle between nations and cultures during the U.S. expansion…

The Lakotas and the Black Hills: the struggle for sacred ground

by Ostler, Jeffrey

fromPenguin library of American Indian history

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Traces the loss of the Lakota Sioux's spiritual homelands and their legal battle to regain them, recounting such events as the defeat of Custer at Little Bighorn and their Supreme Court campaigns.

The Lakotas and the Black Hills: the struggle for sacred ground

by Ostler, Jeffrey

fromPenguin library of American Indian history

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Traces the loss of the Lakota Sioux's spiritual homelands and their legal battle to regain them, recounting such events as the defeat of Custer at Little Bighorn and their Supreme Court campaigns.

A unique autobiography unparalleled in American Indian literature, and a deeply moving account of a woman's triumphant struggle to survive in a hostile world. This is the powerful autobiography of Mary Brave Bird, who grew up in the misery of a South Dakota reservation. Rebellin…

Lakota woman

by Lehman, Ellen J., Brave Bird, Mary, Erdoes, Richard

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A unique autobiography unparalleled in American Indian literature, and a deeply moving account of a woman's triumphant struggle to survive in a hostile world. This is the powerful autobiography of Mary Brave Bird, who grew up in the misery of a South Dakota reservation. Rebellin…

The earth is weeping: the Indian wars for the American West

by Cozzens, Peter

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With the end of the Civil War, the nation recommenced its expansion onto traditional Indian tribal lands, setting off a wide-ranging conflict that would last more than three decades. In an exploration of the wars and negotiations that destroyed tribal ways of life even as they m…

Interpreting the legacy: John Neihardt and Black Elk speaks

by Holloway, Brian R.

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"Ambitious and provocative, Interpreting the Legacy: John Neihardt and Black Elk Speaks is a new study of the classic spiritual text that is sure to spark debate. Neihardt's work has recently been critiqued by scholars who maintain that the author filtered and corrupted Black El…