33.2 Black Elk

Episode 52 of the Ranking ‘76:The American West podcast, hosted by Matt and Eric, titled "33.2 Black Elk" was published on February 13, 2024 and runs 101 minutes.

February 13, 2024 ·101m · Ranking ‘76:The American West

Summary

Teenage Black Elk has lived a full life by the time he witnessed Little Big Horn and became a healer but there is so much left.  We discuss Sioux religious cerimonies, Wounded Knee and a somewhat decisive book Black Elk dictates in the 1930s.    Sources The Sacred Pipe by Joseph Epes Brown  Black Elk Speaks by John G Neidhart  Black Elk by Joe Jackson  Nicholas Black Elk: Medicine Man, Missionary, Mystic by Michael F. Steltenkamp

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