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The Sixth Grandfather:
Black Elk's Teachings Given to John G. Neihardt
Hilda Neihardt Petri, Raymond
J. DeMallie
Cloth: 1984,xxix,462,CIP.LC 83-14452,0-8032-1664-5
Paper: 1984,xxix,462,CIP.LC 83-14452,0-8032-6564-6
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"In The Sixth Grandfather, Dr.
DeMallie reveals himself to be a uniquely sensitive
interpreter of Lakota theology, philosophy, and history-which
are all one in traditionalist Lakota thought. His editing
is a masterpiece of scholarly skill and spiritual insight,
insight that penetrates the inner beings of both Black
Elk and John G. Neihardt, two men of vastly different
cultures who became one as seekers of the Sacred. The
Sixth Grandfather is, as it were, the completion of
the holy task begun in Black Elk Speaks and When the
Tree Flowered." -Father Peter J. Powell, author
of People of the Sacred Mountain "As a careful
anthropological document or a moving personal testimony,
the legacy here preserved deserves a wide readership."-Library
Journal In Black Elk Speaks and When the Tree Flowered,
John C. Neihardt recorded the teachings of the Oglala
holy man Black Elk, who had, in a vision, seen himself
as the "sixth grandfather," the spiritual
representative of the earth and of mankind. Raymond
J. DeMallie makes available for the first time the transcripts
from Neihardt's interviews with Black Elk in 1931 and
1944, which formed the basis for the two books. His
introduction offers new insights into the life of Black
Elk.
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