Road to Pine Ridge - The American West - 1840-1890 on Timelines.tv

Black Elk, a holy man of the Lakota Sioux, described his life to the author John G. Neihardt in the early 1930s. In this module we hear Black Elk's account of his childhood, as published in Neihardt's book "Black Elk Speaks". It's an account of Lakota life back when the bison roamed the Plains - before the coming of the Wasichu, the 'pale faces'. And at the Pine Ridge reservation today, we witness a pow-wow - a glimpse of the old Lakota culture preserved in the heart of the modern USA.

Follow the rest of this documentary plotting the American West from seven eyewitness accounts. Hear epic stories of homesteaders, pioneers, prospectors - and of the Native Americans, for whom the West wasn't won, but lost.

The next module - Travels with the Oglala - can be viewed at http://www.timelines.tv/index.php?t=4&e=2

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• john g. neihardt
• pow wow
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• andrew chater
• paul trainor

[Darthyonny]

Now, is the time for change. It is time to reclaim what was meant to be.

[cheeseymonkeystudio2]

Land of the free? Sure it is now, but there was a period of great pain for america when the europeans came...

Keep posting this kinda thing please

[chiparoo222]

Thank you ! -- I could recommend -- "The Changing West" -- on YouTube, a full documentary - as more food for thought.

[chiparoo222]

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