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Black Elk: Holy Man of the Oglala Revised Edition
Contributor(s): Steltenkamp, Michael F. (Author)
ISBN: 0806129883     ISBN-13: 9780806129884
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
OUR PRICE:   $19.76  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: August 2019
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Annotation: 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 Elk 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 a Catholic and subsequently served as a devoted catechist and missionary to his fellow American Indians until his death in 1950.
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BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - Native American & Aboriginal
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies
Dewey: B
LCCN: 93022089
Physical Information: 0.73" H x 5.42" W x 8.5" (0.74 lbs) 240 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - Native American
 
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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 Elk 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 a Catholic and subsequently served as a devoted catechist and missionary to his fellow American Indians until his death in 1950.


Contributor Bio(s): Steltenkamp, Michael F.: -

Michael F. Steltenkamp is Professor of Religious Studies at Wheeling Jesuit University, Wheeling, West Virginia. He is the author of Black Elk: Holy Man of the Oglala and The Sacred Vision: Native American Religion and Its Practice Today.