Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux, as told through John G. Neihardt

Black Elk Speaks is a 1932 book by John G. Neihardt, an American poet & writer, who relates the story & spirituality of Black Elk, an Oglala Lakota medicine man. It was based on conversations by Black Elk with the author & translated from Lakota into English by Black Elk’s son, Ben Black Elk, who was present during the talks. Neihardt transformed his notes to convey Black Elk’s spiritual message in a powerful, lyrical English.