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A review by shelleyanderson4127
Black Elk's Vision: A Lakota Story by S.D. Nelson
adventurous
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
A picture book for young readers on the life of Lakota-Oglala medicine man Black Elk (1863-1950).
Lavishly illustrated and also written by S.D. Nelson, a member of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe.
Black Elk began receiving visions at the age of nine, while surviving a dangerous illness. He was 12 when the US Army, under Custer, attacked a large meeting of Lakota and Cheyenne camped along the Little Bighorn River. He survived that battle, and again survived the massacre at Wounded Knee, where white soldiers attacked an encampment of mostly women and children.
Black Elk traveled through the US and Europe, performing with Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. He died an old man on the Pine Ridge Reservation, still teaching others about the Great Vision he had received.
This is a very informative book which includes a select timeline and archival material.
Lavishly illustrated and also written by S.D. Nelson, a member of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe.
Black Elk began receiving visions at the age of nine, while surviving a dangerous illness. He was 12 when the US Army, under Custer, attacked a large meeting of Lakota and Cheyenne camped along the Little Bighorn River. He survived that battle, and again survived the massacre at Wounded Knee, where white soldiers attacked an encampment of mostly women and children.
Black Elk traveled through the US and Europe, performing with Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. He died an old man on the Pine Ridge Reservation, still teaching others about the Great Vision he had received.
This is a very informative book which includes a select timeline and archival material.