Black Elk lives : conversations with the Black Elk family /
I was at my grandfather's house, and he was sitting down, getting his pipe ready early in the morning, and here was Father Sialm knocking on the door. They opened the door, and he came in, and he saw my grandfather with the pipe. Father Sialm grabbed the pipe and said, "This is the work of...
Saved in:
| Online Access: | Electronic book from EBSCO |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Government Document eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2000. |
| Series: | North American Indian thought and culture.
|
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- List of Illustrations
- Editors' Preface
- Introduction
- Black Elk family: Legacy / Benjamin Black Elk
- Father and Grandfather / Benjamin Black Elk
- Growing up
- School days
- Mourning and teaching
- Life for the community / Esther Black Elk DeSersa
- Reclaiming the legacy / Olivia Black Elk Pourier
- Honor of a Pipe / Aaron DeSersa
- On the front lines / Clifton DeSersa
- Lakota past, present, and future
- Working
- Use and misuse of Lakota Religion
- Many paths
- Lakota legends and stories
- Women and men/men and women
- Grandfather Black Elk: We remember
- Grandfather's healing
- Caring for grandfather
- Afterword
- Appendix: Black Elk family tree
- Notes
- Index.