Black Elk Speaks: The Complete Edition

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BLACK ELK SPEAKS the co mp le te e d i tion John G. Neihardt With a new introduction by Philip J. Deloria and annotations by Raymond J. DeMallie :: University of Nebraska Press Lincoln and London © 2014 by the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska. All rights reserved. Manufactured in the United States of America Original printings: © 1932, 1959, 1972 by John G. Neihardt;© 1961 by the John G. Neihardt Trust; Foreword © 1979 by the University of Nebraska Press;© 2000 by the University of Nebraska Press; “John G. Neihardt beyond Black Elk” and “Neihardt and Black Elk” © 2004 by the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska. Unless otherwise mentioned, the photographs are reproduced by permission of the John G. Neihardt Trust. They may not be used in any manner without the written permission of the John G. Neihardt Trust. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Black Elk, 1863–1950. Black elk speaks / John G. Neihardt; introduction by Philip J. Deloria; foreword by Vine Deloria Jr.—The complete edition. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-8032-8391-6 (paperback: alk. paper)—isbn 9780 -8032-8393-0 (epub)—isbn 978-0-8032-8394-7 (mobi) 1. Black Elk, 1863–1950. 2. Oglala Indians—Biography. 3. Oglala Indians—Religion. 4. Teton Indians. i. Neihardt, John Gneisenau, 1881–1973. ii. Title. e99.o3b4838 2014 978.004'9752440092—dc23 [B] 2013049580 Set in Huronia Latin Pro by Renni Johnson. Designed by A. Shahan. What is good in this book is given back to the six grandfathers and to the great men of my people black elk ...