Black Elk Program
Video Clip List - Part 1 of 3
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| Clip # |
Start Time
| End Time
| Description
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| 1 |
0.00 |
56.3 |
Author Don Fixico reads from Black Elk's description of the Battle of Little Big Horn |
| 2 |
56.8 |
1.54.6 |
Historian Paul Hutton describes the purpose and location of the national monument to the Battle of Little Big Horn |
| 3 |
3.35.5 |
4.04.6 |
Description of the 'yellow metal' or gold in the Black Hills Watch | Back to Lesson |
| 4 |
4.04.6 |
6.23.3 |
The historical events that led up to the Battle of Little Big Horn |
| 5 |
6.23.0 |
7.37.7 |
The size and population of the United States vs. the size and population of American Indian tribes |
| 6 |
7.58.4 |
8.42.7 |
Historical background to the monument to "Custer's Last Stand" |
| 7 |
8.59.2 |
9.17.5 |
Description of Wounded Knee |
| 8 |
9.20.0 |
11.18.2 |
Charlotte Black Elk, great granddaughter of Black Elk, comments on the negative effects of the conflict between American Indian and white cultures Watch | Back to Lesson |
| 9 |
11.18.2 |
12.07.8 |
The diversity of American Indian culture |
| 10 |
12.07.8 |
13.10.2 |
The publishing and westernizing of Black Elk Speaks |
| 11 |
13.17.8 |
14.23.8 |
1st caller points out the fact that many Mexicans have American Indian heritage |
| 12 |
14.48.1 |
15.58.7 |
Resources for understanding American Indian history |
| 13 |
16.08.3 |
17.16.2 |
Conflict between separate American Indian cultures |
| 14 |
18.00 |
18.49.3 |
Conflict among modern American Indian tribes |
| 15 |
18.49.3 |
19.50.9 |
American presidents' policy towards American Indians |
| 16 |
21.11.0 |
22.30.8 |
A view and description of the entire site at Little Big Horn |
| 17 |
21.11.0 |
25.04.3 |
Should General George Armstrong Custer be memorialized? |
| 18 |
25.04.3 |
28.39.9 |
Modern relations between American Indians, the United States and Canadian governments |
| 19 |
28.39.9 |
31.38.8 |
The lifetime of Black Elk |
| 20 |
31.57.8 |
37.10.0 |
General Custer, his wife Libby and their time in the Black Hills |
| 21 |
38.28.9 |
40.10.7 |
Resources for understanding the American Indians of the Black Hills |
| 22 |
40.10.7 |
42.39.8 |
The process of writing Black Elk Speaks |
| 23 |
45.44.8 |
48.17.6 |
Mt. Rushmore, Crazy Horse and contemporary awareness of American Indian culture |
| 24 |
48.41.1 |
50.09.0 |
The Spirituality of Black Elk Speaks Watch | Back to Lesson |
| 25 |
52.19.5 |
54.01.9 |
The dissemination of the American Indian by attack on the American buffalo |
| 26 |
56.47.8 |
59.00 |
The personality of General Custer |
| 27 |
59:43 |
1:01:42 |
Custer as an Indian fighter; his love of war as part of his personality Watch | Back to Lesson |
| 28 |
1:02:12 |
1:03:42 |
Uses of the book Black Elk Speaks in the college classroom |
| 29 |
1:03:44 |
1:05:34 |
The conclusion of the Battle of Little Big Horn; the communications problems which hampered Custer's efforts |
| 30 |
1:08:27 |
1:13:42 |
John Niehardt's daughter Hilda calls to discuss her father's collaboration with Black Elk on the 1931 classic Black Elk Speaks |
| 31 |
1:14:11 |
1:17:32 |
History and preservation of the cemetery at the National Monument; further details on the fighting of the Battle of Little Big Horn |
| 32 |
1:18:02 |
1:20:31 |
Disputes about the existence of pictures of Crazy Horse |
| 33 |
1:20:37 |
1:22:50 |
A discussion of the ongoing dispute about where Custer actually died on the battlefield |
| 34 |
1:23:36 |
1:25:15 |
Approaches to assisting American Indians in economic hardship in today's America |
| 35 |
1:25:41 |
1:28:06 |
The circumstances surrounding the death of Sitting Bull at the hands of Indian police agents in 1890 |
Black Elk Program
Video Clip List - Part 2 of 3
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| Clip # |
Start Time
| End Time
| Description
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| 36 |
00:08 |
1:39 |
Propriety of terms Native Americans/American Indians Watch | Back to Lesson |
| 37 |
4:18 |
9:03 |
Physical reenactment of the Battle of Little Big Horn, marking the event's 125th anniversary |
Black Elk Program
Video Clip List - Part 3 of 3
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| Clip # |
Start Time
| End Time
| Description
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| 38 |
00:00 |
02:06 |
Biographical information on Black Elk along with chronology and statistics on the life of Plains Indians in the United States Watch | Back to Lesson |
| 39 |
2:07 |
3:16 |
Relevance of Little Big Horn National Monument to people today |
| 40 |
3:17 |
4:42 |
Map and setting of the Battle of Little Big Horn and how the book Black Elk Speaks is part of this history |
| 41 |
5:42 |
7:24 |
Size, scope, and impact of Indian presence in American life today |
| 42 |
7:25 |
9:35 |
Custer's purpose in the Black Hills region; U.S. policy in the West in the 1870s |
| 43 |
10:07 |
10:48 |
Excerpt reading from Black Elk Speaks |
| 44 |
10:49 |
12:39 |
Treaty rights between U.S. federal government and various Indian tribes |
| 45 |
12:40 |
13:48 |
Location and contents of the mass grave at the Custer memorial |
| 46 |
14:05 |
16:17 |
Relevant literature on American Indian experience |
| 47 |
16:20 |
17:26 |
Age of American Indian tribes and their relation to migrations from other continents |
| 48 |
19:39 |
23:37 |
Contents of Visitors Center and museum at National Battlefield Monument along with discussion of genealogy of Indian names |
| 49 |
23:42 |
25:49 |
Policy of federal government on creating and implementing Indian policy |
| 50 |
25:52.02 |
27:18.7 |
Life for a soldier in the Midwest; high incidence of alcoholism; many were immigrants; tired from the journey |
| 51 |
27:30.8 |
29:14.4 |
Critical comment about the new "balance" of the story portrayed at the park; too tilted toward the Indians |
| 52 |
29:20.2 |
31:55.9 |
Historical review of the ways the NPS has attempted to identify and remedy bias in the presentation of the story; site for "all Americans" |
| 53 |
32:08.2 |
33:23.0 |
Overview of exhibits in Visitors Center; artifacts from Slim Buttes encampment |
| 54 |
33:34.9 |
34:43.7 |
Did the Indians know it was Custer? |
| 55 |
37:04.8 |
37:57.3 |
Reading from Black Elk Speaks |
| 56 |
38:01.0 |
38:17.5 |
Short overview of the importance of Black Elk with regard to history and spirituality |
| 57 |
38:22.0 |
39:31.1 |
Great-granddaughter Charlotte Black Elk discussing her reaction to the U.S. government's present day attitude toward her people |
| 58 |
39:47.1 |
40:15.3 |
Wounded Knee, 1890-last major conflict between Indians and U.S. military |
| 59 |
39:53.1 |
41:12.1 |
Visuals of Wounded Knee and Wounded Knee Cemetery |
| 60 |
40:26.1 |
42:27.6 |
Origin and nature of the name "redskins" as it relates to sports teams; name portrays Indians as different, to be judged and treated as an "other" Watch | Back to Lesson |
| 61 |
43:19.0 |
45:11.9 |
A look at artifacts and documents from the archives: bugle and binoculars from battlefield; Custer's commission; picture of northern Cheyennes |
| 62 |
46:43.1 |
47:57.9 |
Present day teaching about Indian history culture; need for more positive messages |
| 63 |
47.48 |
49:34.8 |
The ghost dance; impact of 1978 Religious Freedom Act that "allowed" Indian people to practice their religions |
| 64 |
49:34.9 |
50:07.7 |
Video of Black Elk's gravesite |
| 65 |
49.44.4 |
50:07.7 |
Impact of teaching students about Black Elk Speaks |
| 66 |
50:22.1 |
51:56.3 |
Comments on the risk taken by Black Elk in telling the story to Neihardt Watch | Back to Lesson |
| 67 |
52:58.1 |
54:13.3 |
Analysis of impact of Little Big Horn on people today |
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