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Title Nicholas Black Elk : medicine man, missionary, mystic / by Michael F. Steltenkamp.
Author Steltenkamp, Michael F.
Publication Info. Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, c2009.
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  B BLACKELK    Check Shelves
Description xxi, 270 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Cultural background -- Childhood -- The vision -- Little Bighorn -- Medicine man -- Ghost dance -- Wounded Knee legacy -- Conversion -- Catechist -- The Two Roads map -- Holy humor -- Neihardt's visit -- Sanctity -- Sacred pipes -- Sacred rites -- The Land of Many Lodges -- Black Elk's legacy -- Medicine man, missionary, mystic -- Chronology of events related to Nicholas William Black Elk.
Subject Black Elk, 1863-1950.
Shamans -- Great Plains -- Biography.
Missionaries -- Great Plains -- Biography.
Mystics -- Great Plains -- Biography.
Oglala Indians -- Religion.
Oglala Indians -- Biography.
ISBN 9780806140636 : $24.95
0806140631 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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