Sacred
Pipe: Black Elk's Account of the Seven Rites of the Oglala Sioux
By Brown, Joseph Epes
Pub Date: 10/89
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Binding: Trade Paper, 176pp.
ISBN: 0806121246
Our Price $10.95
During the winter of 1947, Black Elk, the Oglala Sioux holy man,
related to Joseph Brown seven of the sacred Oglala traditions, including
such revered rites as 'The Keeping of the Soul', 'The Rite of
Purification', and 'Preparing for Womanhood'. The San Francisco
Chronicle calls The Sacred Pipe 'a valuable contribution to American
Indian literature'.
Booknews
An anthropological
account of the Moroccan monarchy, describing how public rituals fuse the
identities of government and religion, and speak to such eternal crises
as birth, sex, and death. Paper edition of a book first published in
1953. A transcription of the words of Black Elk, the last of the Sioux
holy men to know his tribe's religious rites, their history and
significance. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Sacred
Pipe: Black Elk's Account of the Seven Rites of the Oglala Sioux