Black Elk's Life Speaks: "That...Much More"
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2023
Pages: 100
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2023
Pages: 100
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Black Elk’s story is remarkable on a number of levels and an inspiration for many…
While the cannon of Black Elk literature is established, there would appear to be a gap in terms of the way in which Black Elk’s life speaks through his familial descendants, who when consulted about what has been written about Black Elk, due to their knowledge of stories based on familial accounts of Black Elk, stipulated his life speaks “that much ... more.”
Based on the author’s research endeavor and two years of interviews with Black Elk’s great-great-great grandson, Maka Black Elk, Black Elk’s Life Speaks: “That…Much More” explores the way in which Black Elk’s life speaks. The publication integrates personal life journeys, narratives, and participant researcher interviews and experiences to highlight historical, anthropological, and contemporary perceptions of Black Elk in particular, and Native people in general.
In addition, it considers the implications of how Black Elk’s life continues to speak, in the face of historical trauma, survivance, and cultural healing, through additional familial and related stories, as the educator, culture bearer, and “old man” dreamer and visionary.
Foreword
Introduction
Nexus of Personal Life Journeys and Personal Preface
CHAPTER 1: STORIES OF EXCEPTIONALITY AND DISCOVERY
Stories of Exceptional People
Stories of Discovery
CHAPTER 2: STORIES OF THE COLONIZATION OF CHRISTIANITY, ANTHROPOLOGY, AND MISSIONARIES
Stories of Anthropology
Stories of Missionaries
CHAPTER 3: STORIES FROM BLACK ELK’S FAMILY TREE SPEAKING “THAT MUCH...MORE”
Black Elk Family Tree Stories: “Product of His Time”
Black Elk Family Tree Stories: “True Convert”
Black Elk Family Tree Stories: “The Truth Somewhere in the Middle”
CHAPTER 4: STORIES OF CANONIZATION AND NATIVE SAINTS
CHAPTER 5: UNDERSTANDING COMPLEX STORIES OF “A CERTAIN LEVEL OF MYSTICISM”
CONCLUSION: BLACK ELK’S LIFE SPEAKS: “THAT MUCH ... MORE” AS ...
Educator and Education
Culture Bearer
Model of and for Survivance
“Old Man”: Dream/Vision Yesterday, Today and Beyond
References
Index
*Received both PhD and Master's Degree from the Marian University in Fond du Lac, WI. Degrees focused in curriculum and instruction leadership and educational leadership.
*Dissertation: An Autoethnographic Journey to the Self(self-study). Has since participated in several publications and more presentations; and a book to be published in 2022: Perpetuating Joy in Affinity Spaces Through Intercultural Pedagogy. Kendall – Hunt publisher. His next book scheduled for publication (same publisher) in early 2023 is: Black Elk’s Life Speaks: “That Much…More.”
*Holds active Wisconsin certification in administration (K-12 principal) and teaching (broad field social studies 7-12). Have taught full time and sub taught extensively in Catholic and public K-12 settings. Also a Catholic School Elementary/middle school principal. Prior to being hired at U Mary (presently associate professor of education – was very active as an adjunct professor at Silver Lake College, Marian University, National Louis University and Lakeland College. Have been teaching undergraduate and graduate students since spring of 2006.
*Undergraduate degree from Lawrence University in Government - Appleton, WI.
*Born in Pontiac, MI; raised in Frankfort MI.
*Married to Kate (1st Grade teacher at Saint Ann Catholic School – Bismarck) and have four children: Michael (graduate of the University of Saint Thomas, MN), August (graduate of U of Mary, Bismarck, ND undergraduate in business, and present graduate with MBA), Douglas (Senior– U of Mary online) and Frances (Senior– U of Mary); all three slated to graduate from the University of Mary in April of 2022. Family pets- beagle puppies – Mildred & Bernard
*Aside from his passion to learn and teach: he enjoys down time with family, avid reader of fiction and nonfiction, loves walking and hiking (area Buttes/Mountains), enjoys gardening with his wife Kate, tinkering in garage, and avid hunter and fisherman...
Mike Taylor is a native of Pontiac, Michigan; and grew up during his teenage years in Frankfort, Michigan. Before moving to North Dakota in August of 2015 he lived in Wisconsin for approximately 30 years. His educational background is he received both PhD and Master's Degree from the Marian University in Fond du Lac, WI. Degrees focused in curriculum and instruction leadership and educational leadership. The title of his Dissertation: An Autoethnographic Journey to the Self(self-study). Has since participated in several publications and more presentations. Mike holds active Wisconsin certification in administration (K-12 principal) and teaching (broad field social studies 7-12). He has taught full time and sub taught extensively in Catholic and public K-12 settings. He was also a Catholic School Elementary/middle school principal. Prior to being hired at U Mary (presently associate professor of education) – he was very active as an adjunct professor at Silver Lake College, Marian University, National Louis University and Lakeland College. Mike has been teaching undergraduate and graduate students since spring of 2006. Mike's undergraduate degree from Lawrence University in Government - Appleton, WI.
Mike is married to Kate (1st Grade teacher at Saint Ann Catholic School – Bismarck) and Mike and Kate have four children: Michael (graduate of the University of Saint Thomas, MN), August (Recent graduate of U of Mary, Bismarck, ND and present U Mary graduate student MBA), Douglas (senior and psychology major – U of Mary online) and Frances (Senior and communications major – U of Mary). ALL are scheduled to graduate this coming spring 2022 (fingers crossed and hands folded in prayer!). Family pets- beagle puppies – Mildred & Bernard
*Aside from his passion to learn and teach: Mike enjoys down time with family, avid reader of fiction and non fiction, loves walking and hiking (area Buttes/Mountains), enjoys gardening with his wife Kate, tinkering in garage, and avid hunter and fisherman...
Black Elk’s story is remarkable on a number of levels and an inspiration for many…
While the cannon of Black Elk literature is established, there would appear to be a gap in terms of the way in which Black Elk’s life speaks through his familial descendants, who when consulted about what has been written about Black Elk, due to their knowledge of stories based on familial accounts of Black Elk, stipulated his life speaks “that much ... more.”
Based on the author’s research endeavor and two years of interviews with Black Elk’s great-great-great grandson, Maka Black Elk, Black Elk’s Life Speaks: “That…Much More” explores the way in which Black Elk’s life speaks. The publication integrates personal life journeys, narratives, and participant researcher interviews and experiences to highlight historical, anthropological, and contemporary perceptions of Black Elk in particular, and Native people in general.
In addition, it considers the implications of how Black Elk’s life continues to speak, in the face of historical trauma, survivance, and cultural healing, through additional familial and related stories, as the educator, culture bearer, and “old man” dreamer and visionary.
Foreword
Introduction
Nexus of Personal Life Journeys and Personal Preface
CHAPTER 1: STORIES OF EXCEPTIONALITY AND DISCOVERY
Stories of Exceptional People
Stories of Discovery
CHAPTER 2: STORIES OF THE COLONIZATION OF CHRISTIANITY, ANTHROPOLOGY, AND MISSIONARIES
Stories of Anthropology
Stories of Missionaries
CHAPTER 3: STORIES FROM BLACK ELK’S FAMILY TREE SPEAKING “THAT MUCH...MORE”
Black Elk Family Tree Stories: “Product of His Time”
Black Elk Family Tree Stories: “True Convert”
Black Elk Family Tree Stories: “The Truth Somewhere in the Middle”
CHAPTER 4: STORIES OF CANONIZATION AND NATIVE SAINTS
CHAPTER 5: UNDERSTANDING COMPLEX STORIES OF “A CERTAIN LEVEL OF MYSTICISM”
CONCLUSION: BLACK ELK’S LIFE SPEAKS: “THAT MUCH ... MORE” AS ...
Educator and Education
Culture Bearer
Model of and for Survivance
“Old Man”: Dream/Vision Yesterday, Today and Beyond
References
Index
*Received both PhD and Master's Degree from the Marian University in Fond du Lac, WI. Degrees focused in curriculum and instruction leadership and educational leadership.
*Dissertation: An Autoethnographic Journey to the Self(self-study). Has since participated in several publications and more presentations; and a book to be published in 2022: Perpetuating Joy in Affinity Spaces Through Intercultural Pedagogy. Kendall – Hunt publisher. His next book scheduled for publication (same publisher) in early 2023 is: Black Elk’s Life Speaks: “That Much…More.”
*Holds active Wisconsin certification in administration (K-12 principal) and teaching (broad field social studies 7-12). Have taught full time and sub taught extensively in Catholic and public K-12 settings. Also a Catholic School Elementary/middle school principal. Prior to being hired at U Mary (presently associate professor of education – was very active as an adjunct professor at Silver Lake College, Marian University, National Louis University and Lakeland College. Have been teaching undergraduate and graduate students since spring of 2006.
*Undergraduate degree from Lawrence University in Government - Appleton, WI.
*Born in Pontiac, MI; raised in Frankfort MI.
*Married to Kate (1st Grade teacher at Saint Ann Catholic School – Bismarck) and have four children: Michael (graduate of the University of Saint Thomas, MN), August (graduate of U of Mary, Bismarck, ND undergraduate in business, and present graduate with MBA), Douglas (Senior– U of Mary online) and Frances (Senior– U of Mary); all three slated to graduate from the University of Mary in April of 2022. Family pets- beagle puppies – Mildred & Bernard
*Aside from his passion to learn and teach: he enjoys down time with family, avid reader of fiction and nonfiction, loves walking and hiking (area Buttes/Mountains), enjoys gardening with his wife Kate, tinkering in garage, and avid hunter and fisherman...
Mike Taylor is a native of Pontiac, Michigan; and grew up during his teenage years in Frankfort, Michigan. Before moving to North Dakota in August of 2015 he lived in Wisconsin for approximately 30 years. His educational background is he received both PhD and Master's Degree from the Marian University in Fond du Lac, WI. Degrees focused in curriculum and instruction leadership and educational leadership. The title of his Dissertation: An Autoethnographic Journey to the Self(self-study). Has since participated in several publications and more presentations. Mike holds active Wisconsin certification in administration (K-12 principal) and teaching (broad field social studies 7-12). He has taught full time and sub taught extensively in Catholic and public K-12 settings. He was also a Catholic School Elementary/middle school principal. Prior to being hired at U Mary (presently associate professor of education) – he was very active as an adjunct professor at Silver Lake College, Marian University, National Louis University and Lakeland College. Mike has been teaching undergraduate and graduate students since spring of 2006. Mike's undergraduate degree from Lawrence University in Government - Appleton, WI.
Mike is married to Kate (1st Grade teacher at Saint Ann Catholic School – Bismarck) and Mike and Kate have four children: Michael (graduate of the University of Saint Thomas, MN), August (Recent graduate of U of Mary, Bismarck, ND and present U Mary graduate student MBA), Douglas (senior and psychology major – U of Mary online) and Frances (Senior and communications major – U of Mary). ALL are scheduled to graduate this coming spring 2022 (fingers crossed and hands folded in prayer!). Family pets- beagle puppies – Mildred & Bernard
*Aside from his passion to learn and teach: Mike enjoys down time with family, avid reader of fiction and non fiction, loves walking and hiking (area Buttes/Mountains), enjoys gardening with his wife Kate, tinkering in garage, and avid hunter and fisherman...