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A 5 page paper that explores and examines the theme of the reconciliation of the heritage of Native American politics and religion with that of the heritage of the politics and religion of European colonization in twentieth century literature. Discussed and compared are John Neihardt's 1932 publication of Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux, Scott Momaday's 1969 publication of The Way to Rainy Mountain, and Michael Dorris' and Louise Erdrich's 1991 publication of The Crown of Columbus. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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grow and water flow" ~ Black Elk (Neihardt 79). This sentiment, spoken by Oglala Sioux holy man Black Elk in 1931 and first published by Nebraskan poet John Neihardt in
Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux in 1932, has come to represent not only the view held by the Lakota Sioux
tribe but also that held by the collective tribe of Native Americans. This book drew little attention on its first publication in the 1930s, but garnered great acclaim on
its reissue in the 1960s. This is due to the fact that it wasnt until the latter half of the twentieth century, beginning in the era of the 1960s,
that the politics and spiritualistic religion of early Native American Indians began to emerge as an issue of great controversy and debate. It was only in hindsight that the
descendants of the White Man of early American colonialism began to listen to the ancient voices of the Red Man of early North America and begin to understand the rich
culture and spiritualism that comprised these voices. This awakening led to a reemergence of traditional Native American pride and ancestry that was shared by all of the early tribes,
but it also led to a form of identity crisis for the descendants of these tribes. Part ancient heritage and part colonial industrialism, these descendants during the latter half
of the twentieth century struggled with the question of their identity and placement in a world shared by both the white man and the red man. As Americas collective Native
Sons and Daughters reflected on a twentieth century ancestry that had come to stem as much from the history of the white man as the red man, Neihardts Black Elk
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