Nicholas Black Elk : medicine man, missionary, mystic / by Michael F. Steltenkamp.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Steltenkamp, Michael F.
Language:English
Published: Norman, Okla. : University of Oklahoma Press, [2009], ©2009.
Subjects:
Black Elk, > 1863-1950.
Oglala people > Biography.
Shamans > Great Plains > Biography.
Missionaries > Great Plains > Biography.
Mystics > Great Plains > Biography.
Oglala people > Religion.
Genre:
Biography.
Physical Description:xxi, 270 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Cultural background
  • Childhood
  • The vision
  • Little Bighorn
  • Medicine man
  • Ghost dance
  • Wounded Knee legacy
  • Conversion
  • Catechist
  • The Two Roads map
  • Holy humor
  • Neihardt's visit
  • Sanctity
  • Sacred pipes
  • Sacred rites
  • The Land of Many Lodges
  • Black Elk's legacy
  • Medicine man, missionary, mystic
  • Chronology of events related to Nicholas William Black Elk.