The gift of the sacred pipe : based on Black Elk's account of the seven rites of the Oglala Sioux

Author(s)

• Black Elk
• Brown, Joseph Epes
• Drysdale, Vera Louise

Bibliographic Information

The gift of the sacred pipe : based on Black Elk's account of the seven rites of the Oglala Sioux

as originally recorded and edited by Joseph Epes Brown ; edited and illustrated by Vera Louise Drysdale

University of Oklahoma Press, 1995, c1982

• : pbk

Note

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This text is an illustrated edition of Black Elk's account of the seven sacred rites of the Oglala Sioux. It portrays the arrival of the White Buffalo Woman on the Plains, with illustrations that highlight elements of the ancient rituals and everyday objects that were sanctified.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA2873546X
• ISBN:
  • 0806123117
• LCCN: 81015949
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Norman
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 106 p.
• Size: 31 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : E99.O3
  • DC19 : 299/.78
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Oglala Indians -- Rites and ceremonies