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Black Elk Speaks

Black Elk Speaks

John Gneisenau Niehardt

CliffsNotes on Black Elk Speaks follows Nicholas Black Elk's development as a Sioux holy man. After white settlers invade their homeland, slaughter buffalo herds, and threaten the Native American way of life, the Sioux nation is forced onto a reservation. Including the battle at Little Bighorn and the massacre at Wounded Knee, writer and poet John G. Niehardt tells this story as a history of a Native American nation and a spiritual testament for all humankind.

Take the Quiz Which of the following categories of literature does not apply to Black Elk Speaks?
  1. Autobiography
  2. Historical fiction
  3. Spiritual revelation
  4. Tribal history
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