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Author:
Steltenkamp, Michael F.
Title:
Nicholas Black Elk : medicine man, missionary, mystic / by Michael F. Steltenkamp.
Publisher:
University of Oklahoma Press,
Copyright Date:
2009
Description:
xxi, 270 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Black Elk,--1863-1950.
Oglala Indians--Biography.
Shamans--Great Plains--Biography.
Missionaries--Great Plains--Biography.
Mystics--Great Plains--Biography.
Oglala Indians--Religion.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
ISBN:
0806140631 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780806140636 (hardcover : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)298670786
LCCN:
2009000551
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)
UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)
AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa)
LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

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