NMLP P-036896 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19
Black Elk Speaks
John G. Neihardt (as told through Black Elk) · William Morrow & Company (New York) · 1932
US William Morrow (1932) is the true first — the landmark Lakota spiritual autobiography, "as told to" John G. Neihardt. Identify it by the Morrow copyright-page rule (no later-printing statement present). Later University of Nebraska Press / Bison Books editions (from 1961) are "first thus" with new introductions and are common; the 1932 Morrow first is scarce, especially jacketed.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-036896 for "Black Elk Speaks" by John G. Neihardt (as told through Black Elk) (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-036896, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).