Some Sign Will Be Seen: The Aurora Borealis at Black Elk’s Death
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mark Hollabaugh
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 39, no. 1, Winter, January 10, 2019, pp. 1-10
Description
Article examines the eyewitness accounts of profound aurora borealis displays on the night of Black Elk’s death (August 19, 1950) in the context of scientific and astronomical reports. Considers the narrative in within the framework of ethnoastronomy which combines scientific accounts with eyewitness reports and interpreting the meaning of an event through a cultural lens.