Black Elk Speaks Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux
by Neihardt, John G.; Elk, Black
Age band: 13+
Looky Rating System: Violence 4/5, Love & Romance 0/5, Mental Health 2/5, Language 0/5, Substance Use 2/5, Fear / Horror 3/5, Fantasy / Supernatural 0/5, LGBTQ+ Representation 0/5, Sci-Fi / Futuristic 0/5, Disability & Neurodiversity 0/5.
Description
Named one of the ten best spiritual books of the twentieth century by Philip Zaleski of HarperSanFrancisco, Black Elk Speaks is the acclaimed story of Lakota visionary and healer Nicholas Black Elk (1863–1950) and his people during the momentous, twilight years of the nineteenth century. Black Elk grew up in a time when white settlers were invading the Lakotas' homeland, decimating buffalo herds and threatening to extinguish the Lakotas' way of life.