Alce Nero parla. Vita di uno stregone dei sioux Oglala

It was inspired of John Neihardt to get Black Elk to tell him his life story. It’s hard to believe anyone could have told better the story of the Lakota Nation’s demise as an autonomous, proud, wise, communal, deeply spiritual and sometimes brutal culture. Black Elk lived through the so-called “Fett Leggi tutto

This was my third time reading this book, and every time I come away with something new. I highly recommend this to anyone studying religion. I highly recommend this book to every single American citizen. It should be required reading in public schools. The Lakota people have a vibrant, exciting, li Leggi tutto

John Neihardt's classic is a problematic read to be sure. On the one hand, Neihardt was a sympathetic interlocutor who elicited a fascinating account from an extraordinary man who lived through several major episodes in late-19th-century history. On the other hand, his poetic pretensions led him to

I read this years ago when I first started teaching an undergraduate "global ethics" class, and knew it was the likely the best source of Lakota (American Plains Indian tribe) philosophy and worldview. Black Elk believed that humans would not be Good if they weren't connected to each other and to th Leggi tutto

Black Elk Speaks: The Complete Edition by John G. Neihardt Black Elk Speaks is arguably the single most widely read book in the literature relating to North American Native history. To better understand ourselves, it is a book that everyone with a modicum of conscience should read. It is also a treas Leggi tutto

Grandfather, Great Spirit, once more behold me on earth and lean to hear my feeble voice. You lived first, and you are older than all need, older than all prayer. All things belong to you --- the two-leggeds, the four-leggeds, the wings of the air and all green things that live. You have set the pow Leggi tutto

I read an edition of this book which lists where the contents of Black Elk's telling of this portion of his life was greatly enhanced emotionally and symbolically by Neihardt. Were I not aware of these changes until after reading it, I would feel cheated and as though this book were a fake. Despite

می‌خواهم برایت داستان زندگیم را بگویم، چون تو این طور می‌خواهی؛ اما اگر این فقط داستان زندگی من بود بی‌گمان برایت نمی‌گفتم؛ گیرم که مردی زمستان‌های بیش‌تری را پشت سر بگذراند، چندان که این زمستان‌ها چون برفی سنگین بال های او را کمان کنند، از این چه حاصل؟ خیلی‌ها این‌طور زندگی کرده‌اند و خیلی‌های دیگر Leggi tutto