{"product_id":"nicholas-black-elk-medicine-man-missionary-mystic-paperback","title":"Nicholas Black Elk: Medicine Man, Missionary, Mystic - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael F. Steltenkamp\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince its publication in 1932, \u003ci\u003eBlack Elk Speaks\u003c\/i\u003e has moved countless readers to appreciate the American Indian world that it described. John Neihardt's popular narrative addressed the youth and early adulthood of Black Elk, an Oglala Sioux religious elder. Michael F. Steltenkamp now provides the first full interpretive biography of Black Elk, distilling in one volume what is known of this American Indian wisdom keeper whose life has helped guide others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNicholas Black Elk: Medicine Man, Missionary, Mystic\u003c\/i\u003e shows that the holy-man was not the dispirited traditionalist commonly depicted in literature, but a religious thinker whose outlook was positive and whose spirituality was not limited solely to traditional Lakota precepts. Combining in-depth biography with its cultural context, the author depicts a more complex Black Elk than has previously been known: a world traveler who participated in the Battle of the Little Bighorn yet lived through the beginning of the atomic age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteltenkamp draws on published and unpublished material to examine closely the last fifty years of Black Elk's life--the period often overlooked by those who write and think of him only as a nineteenth-century figure. In the process, the author details not just Black Elk's life but also the creation of his life \u003ci\u003estory\u003c\/i\u003e by earlier writers, and its influence on the Indian revitalization movement of the late twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNicholas Black Elk\u003c\/i\u003e explores how a holy-man's diverse life experiences led to his synthesis of Native and Christian religious practice. The first book to follow Black Elk's lifelong spiritual journey--from medicine man to missionary and mystic--Steltenkamp's work provides a much-needed corrective to previous interpretations of this special man's life story. This biography will lead general readers and researchers alike to rediscover both the man and the rich cultural tradition of his people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 18, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47451431600306,"sku":"9780806159676","price":39.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/5659f04e132710bac7a559b5d4918604.webp?v=1778794593","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/nicholas-black-elk-medicine-man-missionary-mystic-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}