Black Elk Speaks is unforgettable

Joshua Whitehead unravels the coded "I" to trace the formation of a colonized self and reclaim representations of Indigenous texts

adopted daughter of a pair of big-hearted

His book leads the reader on an insightful journey into Indigenous concepts of knowledge

Dorothy Dora Whipple

Motorcycles & Sweetgrass humor Black Elk Speaks is unforgettableA story of magic, family, a mysterious stranger . . . and a band of marauding raccoons. Otter Lake is a sleepy Anishnaabe community where little happens. Until the day a handsome stranger pulls up astride a 1953 Indian Chief motorcycle and turns Otter Lake completely upside down. Maggie, the Reserve's chief, is swept off her feet, but Virgil, her teenage son, is less than enchanted. Suspicious of the stranger's intentions, he teams up with his uncle