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Black Elk Speaks is a 1932 book by John G. Neihardt, an American poet and writer, who relates the story of Black Elk, an Oglala Lakota medicine man. Black Elk spoke in Lakota and Black Elk's son, Ben Black Elk, who was present during the talks, Read More..

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Description	Black Elk Speaks is a 1932 book by John G. Neihardt, an American poet and writer, who relates the story of Black Elk, an Oglala Lakota medicine man. Black Elk spoke in Lakota and Black Elk's son, Ben Black Elk, who was present during the talks, translated his father's words into English. Kaye, Frances W. "Interpreting the Legacy: John Neihardt and Black Elk Speaks (review)", Studies in American Indian Literatures – Volume 17, Number 1, Spring 2005, pp. 98–101 Neihardt made notes during these talks which he later used as the basis for his book. George Linden, "John Neihardt and 'Black Elk Speaks'", in The Black Elk Reader, ed. Clyde Holler, Syracuse University Press, 2000, accessed 20 June 2011The prominent psychologist Carl Jung read the book in the 1930s and urged its translation into German; in 1955, it was published as Ich rufe mein Volk (I Call My People). Reprinted in the US in 1961 and later editions, the book has found an international audience. In 2008 the State University of New York Press published a premier edition with annotations by the Lakota scholar Raymond DeMallie.
Description	Black Elk Speaks is a 1932 book by John G. Neihardt, an American poet and writer, who relates the story of Black Elk, an Oglala Lakota medicine man. Black Elk spoke in Lakota and Black Elk's son, Ben Black Elk, who was present during the talks, translated his father's words into English. Kaye, Frances W. "Interpreting the Legacy: John Neihardt and Black Elk Speaks (review)", Studies in American Indian Literatures – Volume 17, Number 1, Spring 2005, pp. 98–101 Neihardt made notes during these talks which he later used as the basis for his book. George Linden, "John Neihardt and 'Black Elk Speaks'", in The Black Elk Reader, ed. Clyde Holler, Syracuse University Press, 2000, accessed 20 June 2011The prominent psychologist Carl Jung read the book in the 1930s and urged its translation into German; in 1955, it was published as Ich rufe mein Volk (I Call My People). Reprinted in the US in 1961 and later editions, the book has found an international audience. In 2008 the State University of New York Press published a premier edition with annotations by the Lakota scholar Raymond DeMallie.

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Authors	John G. Neihardt
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Language	English
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Country	United States
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