Black Elk's Religion

by Clyde Holler

Book Overview

In this religious history of the spiritual life of the great Lakota leader Black Elk, Clyde Holler reconstructs the development of the Lakota Sun Dance--the central religious ritual of the Lakota tradition, which is essential to understanding Black Elk's thought. This comprehensive study of the dance, which was banned by the U.S. government in 1883, shows how Black Elk adapted the dance to the conditions and circumstances of reservation life and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815603649
• ISBN13: 9780815603641
• Release Date: November 1995
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"