Black Elk

Describes the life of Oglala Lakota visionary and healer Nicholas Black Elk (1863-1950) and that of his people during the late nineteenth century, with his visions of the unity of humanity and Earth, and his spiritual testament as conveyed by poet, writer, and critic John G. Neihardt, who met Black Elk in 1930 on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.

Black Elk, a Sioux holy man, imparts his own life story and the story of the Oglala Sioux during the tragic decades of the Custer battle, the ghost dance, and the Wounded Knee massacre, and relates many aspects of Native American spirituality.

Black Elk, a Sioux holy man, imparts his own life story and the story of the Oglala Sioux during the tragic decades of the Custer battle, the ghost dance, and the Wounded Knee massacre, and relates many aspects of Native American spirituality.

Black Elk, a Sioux holy man, shares his own life story and the story of the Oglala Sioux during the tragic decades of the Custer battle, the ghost dance, and the Wounded Knee massacre, and relates many aspects of Native American spirituality.