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When the tree flowered : the story of Eagle Voice, a Sioux Indian / by John G. Neihardt ; introduction by Raymond J. DeMallie.

Title
When the tree flowered : the story of Eagle Voice, a Sioux Indian / by John G. Neihardt ; introduction by Raymond J. DeMallie.
Author
Neihardt, John G., 1881-1973
Publication
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [1991]

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Additional Authors
DeMallie, Raymond J., 1946-2021
Description
xx, 248 p.; 21 cm.
Summary
"When the Tree Flowered is John Neihardt's mature and reflective inter-pretation of the old Sioux way of life. He served as a translator of the Sioux past whose audience has proved not to be limited by space or time. Through his writings, Black Elk, Eagle Elk, and other old men who were of that last generation of Sioux to have participated in the old buffalo-hunting life and disorienting period of strife with the U.S. army found a literary voice. What they said chronicles a dramatic transition in the life of the Plains Indians; the record of their thoughts, interpreted by Neihardt, is a legacy preserved for the future. It transcends the specifics of this one tragic case of cultural misunderstanding and conflict and speaks to universal human concerns. It is a story worth contemplating both for itself and for the lessons it teaches all humanity."--Raymond J. DeMallie, editor of The Sixth Grandfather: Black Elk's Teachings Given to John G. Neihardt.
Alternative Title
Story of Eagle Voice, a Sioux Indian
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Fiction
  • Historical fiction
  • Western stories
  • Fiction.
Note
  • "A Bison book."
  • "Reprinted by arrangement with the John G. Neihardt Trust. For this new edition the subtitle has been changed from that used in the first Bison Book edition, The fictional autobiography of Eagle Voice, a Sioux indian to The story of Eagle Voice, a Sioux indian. The original subtitle was An authentic tale of the old Sioux world"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
0803283636 (pbk.)
LCCN
^^^90019669^
OCLC
  • 22629407
  • SCSB-11382634
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library