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Servant of God Nicholas Black Elk (1863—1950) is popularly celebrated for his fascinating spiritual life. How could one man, one deeply spiritual man, serve as both a traditional Oglala Lakota medicine man and a Roman Catholic catechist and mystic? How did these two spiritual and cultural identities enrich his prayer life? How did his commitment to God, understood through his Lakota and Catholic communities, shape his understanding of how to be in the world?
To fully understand the depth of Black Elk's life-long spiritual quest requires a deep appreciation of his life story. He witnessed devastation on the battlefields of Little Bighorn and the Massacre at Wounded Knee, but also extravagance while performing for Queen Victoria as a member of "Buffalo Bill" Cody's Wild West Show. Widowed by his first wife, he remarried and raised eight children. Black Elk's spiritual visions granted him wisdom and healing insight beginning in his childhood, but he grew progressively physically blind in his adult years. These stories, and countless more, offer insight into this extraordinary man whose cause for canonization is now underway at the Vatican.
Contents
Contents
Introduction ix
Basic Chronology xviii
Part I: Medicine Man
Chapter One
A Place Now Known as Oglala, South Dakota 3
Chapter Two
Little Bighorn 11
Chapter Three
The Great Vision 22
Chapter Four
Indian on Show 29
Chapter Five
The Slaughter at Wounded Knee 37
Part II: Catechist
Chapter Six
Missionaries and Priests 47
Chapter Seven
From Oglala to Rome 56
Chapter Eight
Catechist Nick 65
Chapter Nine
Baffling Two Communities 77
Part III: Saint
Chapter Ten
Quiet Days at Last 89
Chapter Eleven
His Afterlife 98
Acknowledgments 105
Glossary of Lakota Words and Phrases 106
Notes 107
Index 118
