Black Elk
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"Black Elk Speaks is widely hailed as a religious classic, one of the best spiritual books of the modern era and the bestselling book of all time by an American Indian. This inspirational and unfailingly powerful story reveals the life and visions of the Lakota healer Nicholas Black Elk (1863?1950) and the tragic history of his Sioux people during the epic closing decades of the Old West. In 1930, the aging Black Elk met a kindred spirit, the famed...
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Civilization of the American Indian volume 36
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Recorded by anthropologist Joseph Epes Brown, this volume contains Oglala Sioux holy man Black Elk's account of the tribe's sacred pipe and religious rites.
4) The bygone
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When a young rancher crosses paths with a Lakota girl from a nearby reservation, her mysterious disappearance sparks a search that uncovers a harrowing past and hints at a dire future.
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A collection of speeches, letters, poems, and songs that reflect key political events in United States history, including documents on slave revolts, presidential speeches, writings both for and against various military conflicts, and speeches supporting equal rights for gay and lesbian families.