Black Elk speaks

Prefaces to the 1932 edition, the 1961 edition, and the 1972 edition

The offering of the pipe

Early boyhood

The great vision

The bison hunt

At the soldier's town

HIgh Horse's courting

Wasichus in the hills

The fight with Three Stars

The rubbing out of Long Hair

Walking the black road

The killing of Crazy Horse

Grandmother's land

The compelling fear

The horse dance

The dog vision

Heyoka ceremony

The first cure

The powers of the bison and the elk

Across the Big Water

The spirit journey

The messiah

Visions of the other world

Bad trouble coming

The butchering at Wounded Knee

The end of the dream

Letter from John G. Neihardt to Julius House, August 10, 1930

Gallery of the drawings by Standing Bear, Black Elk's friend

Letter from John G. Neihardt to Nick Black Elk, 6 November 1930

"A Great Indian Poet" from Of Making Many Books, June 20, 1931

"John G. Neihardt and Nicholas Black Elk" by Raymond J. DeMallie

"John G. Neihardt beyond Black Elk" by Alexis N. Petri

"Neihardt and Black Elk" by Lori Utecht

Comparison of the transcript and draft of "Origin of the Peace Pipe"

Lakota words used in the text.