{"product_id":"black-elk-lakota-visionary-the-oglala-holy-man-and-sioux-tradition-9781936597604","title":"Black Elk, Lakota Visionary: The Oglala Holy Man and Sioux Tradition","description":"Black Elk (1863-1950), the Lakota holy man, is beloved by millions of readers around the world. The book \u003ci\u003eBlack Elk Speaks\u003c\/i\u003e is the most widely-read Native American testimony of the last century and a key work in our understanding of American Indian traditions. In \u003ci\u003eBlack Elk, Lakota Visionary\u003c\/i\u003e, Harry Oldmeadow draws on recently discovered sources and in-depth research to provide a major re-assessment of Black Elk's life and work. The author explores Black Elk's mystical visions, his controversial engagement with Catholicism, and his previously unrecognized attempts to preserve and revive ancestral Sioux beliefs and practices. Oldmeadow's lively and highly readable account also examines the controversies that have surrounded Black Elk and his collaborators, John G. Neihardt and Joseph Epes Brown. Oldmeadow judiciously explains why both \u003ci\u003eBlack Elk Speaks\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Sacred Pipe: Black Elk's Account of the Seven Rites of the Oglala Sioux\u003c\/i\u003e are to be ranked amongst the most profound spiritual documents of the twentieth century.\u003ci\u003e Black Elk, Lakota Visionary\u003c\/i\u003e will command the attention of every reader who is interested in the American Indians, providing fascinating insights into their ancestral traditions prior to the reservation era, the subsequent destruction and revival of their traditional ways, and the vital lessons which the contemporary world might draw from their spiritual legacy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHarry Oldmeadow was, until his retirement in 2012, Coordinator of Philosophy and Religious Studies at La Trobe University Bendigo. His previous publications include \u003ci\u003eJourneys East: 20th Century Western Encounters with Eastern Religious Traditions\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFrithjof Schuon and the Perennial Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTraditionalism: Religion in the Light of the Perennial Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Bendigo, Australia. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCharles Trimble was former Executive Director of the National Congress of American Indians and principal founder of the American Indian Press Association. He is an enrolled member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe and was inducted into the South Dakota Hall of Fame in 2013. The author of \u003ci\u003eIyeska\u003c\/i\u003e, he is now retired and lives in Omaha, Nebraska.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"World Wisdom Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51749471977746,"sku":"9781936597604","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_09bf3d95-bec6-410e-aa5c-8928a908a019.jpg?v=1764087457","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/black-elk-lakota-visionary-the-oglala-holy-man-and-sioux-tradition-9781936597604","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}