Authors: John G. Neihardt
Tags: #Non-Fiction, #Religion, #Philosophy, #Spirituality, #Classics, #Biography, #History
Black Elk Speaks (39 page)
ear piercing,
77
, 77
n
9
hair,
xxi
n
1
healing, 84
n
3
kinship, 27
n
16, 78
n
14, 88
n
g
marriage practices, 55
n
2
month (moon) designations, 7
n
3, 10
n
16
mourning practices,
118
painting faces black,
70
, 70
n
27,
71
, 71
n
33
painting the joints,
34
, 34
n
29
power of prayer, 27
n
16
scalping,
82
, 82
n
19
virtues, 45
n
15
visions, 125
n
3,
163
year (winter) designations, 7
n
4
Lame White Man, 91n12
Laramie River,
63
Lincoln NE,
xxii
Little Bighorn Fight,
63
, 83
n
1,
85
–97, 98
n
23,
103
,
illus
. n
11
–13,
289
Little Bighorn River,
17
,
39
,
78
,
82
,
83
, 83
n
1, 83
n
2,
89
,
93
,
97
,
99
,
100
, 105
n
15,
112
,
illus
.
11
–12
Little Soldier,
216
Little Wound,
203
, 203
n
8
London, England,
176
, 176
n
15,
179
Long Bear,
217
Long Elk,
90
Long Pine NE,
173
Long Road, 92
n
14
Looks Twice, Lucy,
300
Loves War,
208
Lower Brule Reservation, 182
n
6
Lower Brules, 103
n
2
Mackenzie, Col. Ranald S.,
106
, 106
n
17
Madison Fork,
8
Madison Square Garden (New York City),
173
, 173
n
9
Mails, Thomas,
302
Manchester, England,
179
, 179
n
1
Manderson SD,
xvii
,
xxii
,
114
,
144
, 188
n
7,
190
,
203
, 220
n
3,
223
,
224
,
300
Man Hip,
17
Manypenny, George W., 105
n
15
Mason Valley NV,
187
McChesney, Dr. Charles E., 87
n
8, 98
n
23
McDowell, Malcolm,
xx
medicine man.
See
wich as a wakon
Merritt, Col. Wesley, 103
n
1
Messiah.
See
Wovoka
Metis, Red River.
See
Red River Metis
Mexican Joe,
179
, 179
n
3, 179
n
4,
180
Miles, Col.(then Brig. Gen.) Nelson A., 103
n
1,
107
, 107
n
21, 107
n
23,
141
, 141
n
1, 202
n
7, 217
n
11,
304
Minneconjous, 7
n
1,
39
, 66
n
22,
75
,
83
, 87
n
8,
89
,
93
, 93
n
16, 98
n
23, 103
n
2,
105
, 105
n
13,
125
, 205
n
17,
207
,
211
,
illus
27
illus
. 27
minne waken (whiskey),
106
Mission Fight,
214
–216, 214
n
3
Missouri River,
25
, 62
n
6,
63
,
115
, 115
n
1,
125
,
141
, 141
n
4,
171
,
180
Morning Star.
See
Daybreak Star Morrow, William (publisher),
290
,
294
Muddy Creek,
117
Naples, Italy, 179
n
4
Neihardt, Enid,
xviii
,
xx
,
xxv
, 142
n
7, 221
n
g,
224
,
291
,
293
,
298
,
299
,
300
Neihardt, Hilda,
xviii
,
xxv
, 221
n
9,
291
,
297
Neihardt, John: adopted by Lakotas,
291
creative process of writing Black Elk Speaks,
xxvii
,
289
,
292
–4,
298
–299,
303
–312,
315
“The Ghostly Brother,” xix
n
5,
293
letter to Black Elk,
223
–225
meeting and interviews with Black Elk,
xvii
–xx,
xx
–xxvi,
224
–225,
290
–292,
297
,
304
,
307
Song of the Indian Wars, xii,
xxi
, 109
n
30,
224
,
304
Song of the Messiah,
xxi
,
290
,
312
vision at age eleven, 195
n
6,
292
visits Harney Peak with Black Elk,
219
–221, 221
n
g
When the Tree Flowered,
295
,
296
Neihardt, Sigurd,
xxi
New York City penitentiary,
174
New York NY,
173
, 179
n
2,
180
,
181
,
182
No Bows, 7
n
1
No Ears winter count, 15
n
26
Northern Pacific Railroad, 62
n
6
North Platte River, 8
n
7
No Water,
67
No Water’s Camp,
201
, 213
n
1
Oglalas, xvi,
xx
,
xxi
,
7
, 7
n
1, 15
n
29, 39
n
3,
47
,
48
,
49
,
63
, 71
n
32,
75
,
83
, 83
n
2,
86
, 103
n
2, 105
n
11, 111
n
3, 115
n
1,
141
,
142
, 142
n
7,
172
,
186
,
187
,
202
, 203
n
8, 203
n
10,
204
, 204
n
13, 204
n
14,
224
illus
. 22
Old Hollow Horn,
216
Old Wasichu’s Road.
See
Bozeman Trail
Omaha NE,
173
Omahas (Indian nation),
xxiii
,
173
, 173
n
10,
292
One Side,
151
, 151
n
8,
152
,
156
,
157
,
158
,
159
,
165
,
illus
. 7
O-ona-gazhee,
216
,
217
, 217
n
11,
218
Oregon Trail, 8
n
7
Otis, Lt Col. Elwell S., 103
n
1
paezhuta sapa (coffee),
47
,
48
,
65
Pahuska.
See
Custer, General George
Pahuska, other.
See
Buffalo Bill
Painted Rocks pictographs. See Deer Rocks pictographs
Paiutes (Indian nation),
186
, 186
n
3,
304
Paris, France,
179
,
180
,
182
, 182
n
5
Parker, Mrs. Z.A.,
190
n
10
Pass Creek, 202
n
6
Pawnees (Indian nation),
7
, 7
n
2,
173
,173
n
10, 174
n
14
Pine Ridge (agency),
xxi
,
142
, 142
n
7,
144
,
150
,
181
,
182
,
187
,
188
,
189
,
201
,
203
,
204
, 204
n
13, 204
n
14, 204
n
15, 204
n
17,
207
,
208
,
210
,
213
, 213
n
1, 214
n
3,
217
,
218
, 218
n
12
Pine Ridge Reservation,
xv
,
114
, 182
n
6, 186
n
2, 201
n
2, 202
n
6, 202
n
7,
217
,
illus
.
22
,
313
Piney Fork of the Powder River,
9
,
10
pipe, sacred, 2
n
3,
4
,
5
, 5
n
12,
22
,
24
–25,
27
,
28
,
32
,
35
,
129
,
131
,
135
,
138
,
139
,
144
147
,
148
, 150
n
5,
158
,
159
,
160
,
164
,
166
,
167
,
168
,
169
,
190
,
220
, 220
n
3,
illus
.
1
,
illus
.
8
–9,
illus
.
15
,
illus
.
20
,
illus
.
24
–26,
313
,
314
origin of,
2
–4,
Plenty Eagle Feathers,
7
Plum Creek,
47
–48
Pompeii, Italy,
179
, 179
n
4
pony drag.
See
travois
Poplar River,
125
Porcupine Butte,
205
Porcupine Creek,
204
Powder River,
9
,
10
,
14
,
47
,
63
,
64
,
65
,
66
,
68
,
69
,
70
, 71
n
32,
83
, 104
n
7,
115
, 115
n
1
Powell, Captain James W., 14
n
25
Powers, William K.,
302
Protector,
215
Pumpkin Buttes,
47
, 47
n
5
Rabbit Creek,
105
railroad.
See
Central Pacific Railroad;
Northern Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific Railroad
Rainbow, Flaming Tepee.
See
Flaming Rainbow Tepee
Rapid City,
313
Rapid Creek,
61
Rattling Hawk,
84
,
85
,
88
, 88
n
10,
Red Cloud,
9
,
10
,
15
, 15
n
29,
48
,
49
,
62
,
63
,
70
,
73
,
75
,75
n
5,
105
,
111
, 111
n
3,
112
,
115
, 213
n
1, 217–2l8, 217n11,
312
Red Cloud Agency, 48
n
7, 63
n
12, 64
n
15,103, 103
n
2,
109
,
111
, 111
n
3,
112
,
113
Red Cloud, jack,
75
, 75
n
5
Red Cloud people
see
Hang arond-Fort people
Red clould's war 8
n
7,
15
, 15
n
29,
Red Deer,
55
–59
Red Eagle Woman,
7
Red Horn Buffalo,
96
Red Horse, 83
n
1,
87
, 98
n
23
Red River Metis, 117
n
3,
Red Road.
See
Road, Red
Red Willow,
217
Red Wound.
See
Little Wound
Rees.
See
Arikaras
Reno, Maj. Marcus A., 83
n
1,
86
,
89
,
91
, 93
n
16, 98
n
23,
illus
.
11
,
illus
.
13
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