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Black Elk and Flaming Rainbow : personal memories of the Lakota holy man and John Neihardt

Author: Hilda Neihardt Petri
Publisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©1995.
Edition/Format:  Book : Biography : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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In 1931 John G Neihardt traveled to Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota to interview Lakota elders who had witnessed the Ghost Dance and the Wounded Knee Massacre. He found more than he expected.  Read more...

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Genre/Form: Biography
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Petri, Hilda Neihardt.
Black Elk and Flaming Rainbow.
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c1995
(OCoLC)622970658
Named Person: Black Elk; John Gneisenau Neihardt; Hilda Neihardt Petri; John G Neihardt; Black Elk; John Gneisenau Neihardt
Material Type: Biography, Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Hilda Neihardt Petri
ISBN: 0803233388 9780803233386 0803283768 9780803283763
OCLC Number: 30702050
Notes: Includes index.
Description: xiii, 136 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.
Contents: The Wild Ones --
Back Home in Branson --
An Accidental Meeting --
A Book Is Conceived --
We Travel to Black Elk's Home --
Black Elk's Home at Last --
Our Hosts, the Black Elks --
The Interviews Begin --
Interlude at Chadron: "These Many Grasses . . ." --
A Home of Our Own at Last --
An Old-Time Feast --
Black Elk Begins the Great Vision --
How It Was --
The Sacred Hoop --
The Vision Is Completed --
The Story Continues --
We Hear about Big Battles --
The Horse Dance --
With the Wild West Show --
We Learn and Visit at Wounded Knee --
Cuny Table in the Badlands --
Gifts Are Given --
We Learn More, but the End Is in Sight --
The Vision Revisited --
It Was All Over --
A Book Becomes Reality --
At Home Again in Branson and Our Return to Wounded Knee --
The 1944 Interviews --
We Lose Black Elk, Ben, Neihardt, Leo, and Lucy --
And Now Today --
Appendix: Remembering Black Elk (Transcription of a Videotaped Conversation between Ben Black Elk and John Neihardt).
Responsibility: Hilda Neihardt.
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"A tranquil portrait of an obviously well-loved father set in a period of youthful excitement and a tangential romance with all things Lakota ... The style is easy to read and informative and does Read more...

 
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