About the book
In the summer of 1930, the poet John G. Neihardt went to the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota to meet Black Elk, an Oglala Lakota holy man. By Neihardt's account, Black Elk told him of his visions and shared rituals he had performed, and the notes Neihardt kept during their conversations became the foundation of the book. It recounts Lakota life and the history of his people in the closing years of the nineteenth century. Black Elk had taken part in the Battle of the Little Big Horn at 13 and later survived the Wounded Knee Massacre. Some Lakota people and Native American scholars doubt its accuracy and do not see it as a true picture of Lakota beliefs.
Joe Rogan called it his favorite yet among the Native American history books he had been reading.
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Joe Rogan (Podcaster/Joe Rogan Experience)
My obsession with Native American history books continues, and with “Black Elk” I’ve found my favorite one yet. It was written in 1932 with notes that the author took from listening to the words of Black Elk as translated to English by his son.
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