TY  - BOOK
AU  - Black Elk,
AU  - Brown,Joseph Epes
TI  - The sacred pipe: Black Elk's account of the seven rites of the Oglala Sioux
T2  - The Civilization of the American Indian [v. 36]
U1  - 970.62970.1*[299.7] 
PY  - 1953///]
CY  - Norman
PB  - University of Oklahoma Press
KW  - Oglala Indians
KW  - Rites and ceremonies
N1  - CONTENTS: Preface -- Foreword Black Elk -- The gift of the sacred pipe -- The keeping of the soul -- The releasing of the soul -- Inipi: the rite of  purification -- Hanblecheyapi: crying for a vision -- Wiwanyag wachipi: the sun dance -- Hunkapi: the making of  relatives -- Ishna ta awi cha lowan: preparing a girl for  womanhood -- Tapa wanka yap: the throwing of the ball --  Index
N2  - "An account of how the Oglala Sioux have come to know God,  nature, and their fellow men."
ER  -