| Description |
47 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 27 cm |
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age Children |
| Note |
Maps on end papers. |
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"The paintings...were created with acrylic paint on 140 lb. cold-press 100-percent-cotton acid-free paper. The drawings were made with black colored pencil on heavyweight watercolor paper."--Colophon. |
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"All of the paintings and line drawings...are by S.D. Nelson, except Red Horse's drawing on page 26. The border seen on most pages is a design based on traditional Lakota geometric patterns. The photographs and archival images are reproduced by courtesy" of various archives and historical societies. |
| Audience |
008-012 Ingram. |
| Summary |
A simple biography of Lakota-Oglala medicine man Black Elk, from his childhood vision which shaped his life through his battles with the whites and his travels with Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. Includes quotes from Black Elk Speaks and historical photos |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 46) and index. |
| Subject |
Black Elk, 1863-1950 -- Juvenile literature.
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Black Elk, 1863-1950. |
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Lakota Indians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Lakota Indians. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Oglala Indians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Oglala Indians. |
| Genre/Form |
Picture books.
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Picture books.
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Biographies.
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| ISBN |
9780810983991 reinforced bdg. |
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0810983990 reinforced bdg. |
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