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Indigenous and Ancient Religions

The Sacred Pipe

Black Elk's Account of the Seven Rites of the Oglala Sioux

by Joseph Epes Brown · Joseph Epes Brown (ed.)

Black Elk's account of the coming of the sacred pipe and the seven rites of the Lakota, recorded by Joseph Epes Brown in 1947–1948. It describes the meaning of the ceremonies as Black Elk understood them late in his life. A key source on Lakota religious thought.

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