... Black Elk's recounting of the Battle of Little Bighorn, the Wounded Knee Massacre and the emergence of the Ghost Dance. Throughout his entire life Black Elk attempted to apply his spiritual role as a holy man to saving his nation from the encroachment and subsequent oppression of the Wasichus, or white people, on the land his people had occupied for centuries. Despite ... ). Throughout the book, it is stated that Black Elk felt he had done nothing for the nation. In particular, Niehardt writes that: "Men and women and children I have cured of sickness with the power the vision gave me bu...

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• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School