Black Elk Speaks
The book Black Elk Speaks shows the life and spiritual journey of the Lakota Indian known as Black Elk, as told to John Neihardt. Some believe that this was Black Elk’s way to reestablish a spiritual connection with traditional Indian religious practices for future Native Americans. ... Black Elk points out during his journey to New York, that the way the Waischu lived was incredibly different and sad then the way that his people lived.