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Black Elk Speaks, a personal narrative, has the characteristics of several genres: autobiography, testimonial, tribal history, and elegy. However, Neihardt’s editing and his daughter’s transcription of Black Elk’s words, as well as Black Elk’s son’s original spoken translation, raise questions about the narrative’s authenticity. Black Elk Speaks is divided into 25 chapters, which depict Black Elk’s early life.... More
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