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PRESENTATION. Nicholas William Black Elk Medicine Man Missionary Mystic Wanderer between two worlds Presented by Thomas Brack. Contents. Goal Chronology Little Big Horn With Buffalo Bill in E urope Ghost Dance/ Wounded Knee Conversion : Catholic Catechist among Indian People

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  1. PRESENTATION • Nicholas William Black Elk • Medicine Man • Missionary • Mystic • Wanderer betweentwoworlds • Presentedby Thomas Brack

  2. Contents • Goal • Chronology • Little Big Horn • With Buffalo Bill in Europe • Ghost Dance/ WoundedKnee • Conversion: CatholicCatechistamong Indian People • Encounter with John G. Neihardt :«Black Elkspeaks» • Personal conclusions/ Questions

  3. Goals • Question: Whatcould an Indian Holy Man bring toconverttoChristianity, especiallythecatholic belief?

  4. Sioux Spirituality • «The 6 grandfathers» • «Sacred Pipe» • «WakanTanka» • Mapoftworoads: Black: (Trouble) From East to West Red: (Salvation) From North to South • «Sprouting Stick»

  5. Chronology • ca. 1865 Born as an Oglala Sioux in the Great Plains /1st vision • 1876 Little Big Horn • 1886 Tours with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show in Europe/ 2nd vision • 1890 WoundedKnee • 1904 December 6: Baptized «Nicholas William Black Elk»/3rd vision • 1931 John G. Neihardt’svisitwith Black Elk: «Black Elkspeaks» • 1950 Death of Nicholas Black Elk, August 17

  6. Little Big Horn • 1876 «Greasy Grass» Little Bighorn • Famous Indian chieftains: Crazy Horse, RedCloud, Sitting Bull • «Wasichus»: «Pahuska» «Long Hair» General Custer, Former Gettysburgh Hero: «Custers Last Stand»

  7. In Europe Colonel William F. Cody betterknownas «Buffalo Bill» Black Elk’s journeyto Europe 2nd vision

  8. WoundedKnee • Sioux atthePineRidge Reservation • «Ghost Dance» • 1890 Butcheringat «WoundedKnee» • «Whydiditcometoit?» • Consequences?

  9. Conversion • «Black Robes»: Jesuits’ Holy Rosary Mission amongthe Sioux people Encounter withFather Joseph Lindebner • Conversion, 3rd vision • Working as a Catechist amonghispeoplefornearly half a century

  10. John G. Neihardt • German Descendant • Poet from Nebraska • «Homer» ofthe Great Plains • Encounter with Black Elk 1931 • Authorof «Black Elkspeaks»

  11. Personal conclusions • Whycouldthispersonalitymesmermizeme? • Was itthefact, that Indian andCatholicSpiritualitymeteachother in thisoutstandingperson? • Howcome, thatthe Indian God «Wokan Tonka» (Manitou) andthe Christian Godcould live in the same heart? • Howcanoneexplainthecredibilityof such a man in hiseither Indian or Christian surrounding?

  12. Save mother Earth

  13. Anyquestions ?

  14. The End Thanks a lot foryourattention

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