Black Elk Speaks

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Black Elk (Heȟáka Sápa), c. 1885

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Black Elk (Heȟáka Sápa), c. 1885

Black Elk (Heȟáka Sápa), c. 1885

Black Elk Speaks (1932) is the autobiography of Oglala Lakota warrior and...

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Black Elk (left) and John G. Neihardt, 1945

Black Elk (left) and John G. Neihardt, 1945

Oglala Lakota warrior and holy man Black Elk (Heȟáka Sápa) met Nebraska-based writer...

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