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Nicholas Black Elk explores how a holy-man's diverse life experiences led to his synthesis of Native and Christian religious practice

In The Red Road and Other Narratives of the Dakota Sioux

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and one-dimensional identities

Speaking of Indians Potawatomi he began to explore itIntroduction by Vine Deloria Jr. Ella Deloria could speak intimately about Indian ways because she belonged to a Yankton Sioux family. A distinguished scholar who studied with Franz Boas at Columbia University, she had the gift of language and the understanding necessary to bridge races. Originally published in 1944, this book is an important source of information about Dakota culture and a classic in its elegant clarity of insight. Beginning with a