Black Elk speaks: being the life story of a holy man of the Oglala Sioux

Foreword by Vine Deloria Jr.

Preface to the 1932 edition

Preface to 1961 edition

Preface to 1972 edition

The offering of the pipe

Early boyhood

The great vision

The bison hunt

At the soldiers' town

High Horse's courting

Wasichus in the hills

The fight with Three Stars

The rubbing out of Long Hair

Walking the black road

The killing of Crazy Horse

Grandmother's land

The compelling fear

The horse dance

The dog vision

Heyoka ceremony

The first cure

The powers of the bison and the elk

Across the big water

The spirit journey

The messiah

Visions of the other world

Bad trouble coming

The butchering at Wounded Knee

The end of the dream

Author's postscript

Appendix 1. Letter from Neihardt to Black Elk, 6 November 1930

Appendix 2. Comparison of the transcript and draft for the origin of the peace pipe

Appendix 3. Lakota words in the text

Appendix 4. John G. Neihardt beyond Black Elk / by Alexis N. Petri

Appendix 5. Neihardt and Black Elk / by Lori Utrecht

Appendix 6. A letter written by John G. Neihardt to Julius House, 10 August 1930

Appendix 7. A great Indian poet, 20 June 1931.