Man and Nature in Black Elk Speaks


Abstract in English

This paper aims at exploring man's relation to nature in John Neihardt's Black Elk Speaks. It contrasts the European Americans' and the American Indians' attitudes towards nature that may justify their historical conflict.

References used

Birchfield, D. L., ed. The Encyclopedia of North American Indians, 121: 4 vols. New York: Marshall Cavendish, 1997
Dallmayr, Fred. Return to Nature? An Ecological Counter history. Lexington, 2011
Dudgeon, Roy C. Common Ground: Eco-Holism and Native American Philosophy. Winnipeg, 2008

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