Black Elk Holy Man of the Oglala
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Author: Michael F. Steltenkamp
This biography of Black Elk is based on extensive interviews with Lucy Looks Twice, the holy man's last surviving child, as well as others who knew him personally. Michael F. Steltenkamp sheds new light on the figure portrayed in Black Elks Speaks as a victim of Western subjugation, doomed to live out his life as a relic of the past. Instead, Steltenkamp reveals that in 1904 Black Elk was baptized Catholic and subsequently served as a devoted catechist and missionary to his fellow American Indians until his death in 1950.
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Paperback: 211 pages
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press (September 1997)
ISBN-10: 0806129883
ISBN-13: 978-0806129884
Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches
This biography of Black Elk is based on extensive interviews with Lucy Looks Twice, the holy man's last surviving child, as well as others who knew him personally. Michael F. Steltenkamp sheds new light on the figure portrayed in Black Elks Speaks as a victim of Western subjugation, doomed to live out his life as a relic of the past. Instead, Steltenkamp reveals that in 1904 Black Elk was baptized Catholic and subsequently served as a devoted catechist and missionary to his fellow American Indians until his death in 1950.
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