Table of Contents
Maps ix
Foreword xiii
Preface to the 1932 Edition xvii
Preface to the 1961 Edition xxi
Preface to the 1972 Edition xxvii
Introduction Philip J. Deloria xxix
National and International Honors Received John G. Neihardt xxxvii
Black Elk Speaks
1 The Offering of the Pipe 1
2 Early Boyhood 5
3 The Great Vision 13
4 The Bison Hunt 30
5 At the Soldiers' Town 38
6 High Horse's Courting 42
7 Wasichus in the Hills 48
8 The Fight with Three Stars 57
9 The Rubbing Out of Long Hair 65
10 Walking the Black Road 81
11 The Killing of Crazy Horse 87
12 Grandmother's Land 91
13 The Compelling Fear 97
14 The Horse Dance 101
15 The Dog Vision 110
16 Heyoka Ceremony 117
17 The First Cure 121
18 The Powers of the Bison and the Elk 127
19 Across the Big Water 133
20 The Spirit Journey 140
21 The Messiah 144
22 Visions of the Other World 150
23 Bad Trouble Coming 156
24 The Butchering at Wounded Knee 160
25 The End of the Dream 165
26 Authors Postscript 170
Appendixes
1 Gallery of Photographs 173
2 Transcript of Letter from John G. Neihardt to Julius House, August 10, 1930 181
3 Gallery of the Drawings by Standing Bear, Black Elk's Friend 185
4 Transcript of Letter from John G. Neihardt to Nick Black Elk, November 6, 1930 237
5 "A Great Indian Poet" from Of Making Many Books, June 20, 1931 239
6 "John G. Neihardt and Nicholas Black Elk" by Raymond J. DeMallie 242
7 "John G. Neihardt beyond Black Elk" by Alexis N. Petri" 267
8 "Neihardt and Black Elk" by Lori Utecht 282
9 Comparison of the Transcript and Draft of "Origin of the Peace Pipe" 291
10 Lakota Words Used in the Text 297
Notes 299
References 333
Index 341
