Black Elk Speaks

Flaming Rainbow: Reflections and Recollections Of An Epic Poet

John G. Neihardt
Black Elk Speaks
The twilight of the Sioux, the song of the Indian wars, The song of the messiah Black Elk, Wavoka, Spotted Tail, Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Wounded Knee, Ghost Dance vision.
©1973 United Artists Records, Inc.
"Black Elk thus explained the name he gave me, Flaming Rainbow. The Sioux language has no word for poet, therefore he called me a word sender."

"He is a word sender. This world is like a garden. Over this garden go his words like rain, and where they fall they leave it a little greener. And when his words have passed, the memory of them shall stand long in the west like a flaming Rainbow."

–BLACK ELK

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Reflections, April Theology, Black Elk John Neihardt Sioux
Black Elks Prayer John Neihardt Sioux
Ghost Dance Religion John Neihardt Sioux
Easter John Neihardt Sioux
Poem One John Neihardt Sioux
Poem Two John Neihardt Sioux
Reflections John Neihardt Sioux
Jesus Jedd Smith And Crazy Horse John Neihardt Sioux
Crazy Horse John Neihardt Sioux
Death Of Crazy Horse John Neihardt Sioux
Epilogue Crazy Horse John Neihardt Sioux
Sitting Bull John Neihardt Sioux
The Death Of Sitting Bull part 1 John Neihardt Sioux
The Death Of Sitting Bull part 2 John Neihardt Sioux
Wounded Knee The Massacre Of The Big Foot Band (Sitanka) part 1 John Neihardt Sioux
Wounded Knee The Massacre Of The Big Foot Band (Sitanka) part 2 John Neihardt Sioux