Death of Crazy Horse
In this rare 1962 film from South Dakota Public Broadcasting s archives, we listen as writer, poet and ethnographer John G. Neihardt reads from his book, Black Elk Speaks. The book relates the story and visions of Black Elk, who was a noted Oglala Lakota medicine man. Black Elk spoke only in Lakota and Black Elk s son, Ben Black Elk, who was present during the talks, translated his father s words into English. This excerpt from the book covers the scene of the death of Crazy Horse, chronicling his final
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