Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux
Alternate Title
[North American Indian Thought and Culture]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Nicholas Black Elk
Recommended for Grade 3 students.
Looks at traditional childbirth practices of the Vuntut Gwitchin, Trondëk Hwëch’in, and Na-Cho Nyak Dun First Nations.
Primary source for titles was Amazon Best Sellers in Children’s Native Canadian Story Books, as well as publishers' web pages, and library and authors' lists. Objective was to identify fiction books for ages 0-18 written by Indigenous authors that contained reconciliation-related themes. More than 150 books met the inclusion criteria.