Eagle Voice Remembers

An Authentic Tale of the Old Sioux World

By: John G. Neihardt

Narrated by: Robin Neihardt

Eagle Voice Remembers is John Neihardt's mature and reflective interpretation of the old Sioux way of life. He served as a translator of the Sioux past, whose audience has proved not to be limited by space or time. Through his writings, Black Elk, Eagle Elk, and other old men who were of that last generation of Sioux to have participated in the old buffalo-hunting life and the disorienting period of strife with the U.S. Army found a literary voice. What they said chronicles a dramatic transition in the life of the Plains Indians; the record of their thoughts, interpreted by Neihardt, is a legacy preserved for the future. It transcends the specifics of this one tragic case of cultural misunderstanding and conflict and speaks to universal human concerns. It is a story worth contemplating both for itself and for the lessons it teaches all humanity.

©1951 The John G. Neihardt Trust (P)2014 Skyyrim Studios

American treasure

Great book about a great people suffering through a disgraceful time in history. Very well read.

poetry

To all contributing to bring this work to life: thank you for taking me there.

Good book

I wish Neihardt had written a thousand more of these accounts. Really, I wish he didn't have to.

Crushingly powerful

This moved me much more than Black Elk Speaks. This is sadly unknown and underrated.

heart breaking

this reading has a few production issues and mispronounced Lakota words, otherwise a great historical story.