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<blockquote data-quote="Rowdie" data-source="post: 246118" data-attributes="member: 272">I just finished the chapter where&nbsp; different elders, who were just boys at the time, described their personal story of what they went through during the battle of Greasy Grass (Little Big Horn).&nbsp; Very interesting!&nbsp; I'm disappointed to hear of any fabrication.&nbsp; But the author was a poet, and Black Elk couldn't speak English.&nbsp; During the forward I knew there would be some poetry added to the translation.&nbsp; But in the book there are footnotes to other books about relating to the events, and they seem to line up chronilogically as far as I know.&nbsp; Where did you hear of any fabrication, as I would like to fact check it and bring it up in class.....do I dare lol.&nbsp;&nbsp; Maybe I have yet to get to those parts.The Author's daughter transcribed the conversations, and in the forward I read they are still available somewhere.&nbsp;&nbsp; Sure wish they could have recorded them, and let others translate.- - - Updated - - -[FONT=&amp;quot]&quot; Unfortunately, Neihardt is translating from information that is three times removed from the source. In effect, he is translating Enid’s translation of Ben’s translation of Black Elk’s vision. &quot;&nbsp;I think&nbsp; this is the biggest problem.&nbsp; I still recommend it, I mean these guys were actually in the Battle of the Little Big Horn.[/FONT]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rowdie, post: 246118, member: 272"] I just finished the chapter where different elders, who were just boys at the time, described their personal story of what they went through during the battle of Greasy Grass (Little Big Horn). Very interesting! I'm disappointed to hear of any fabrication. But the author was a poet, and Black Elk couldn't speak English. During the forward I knew there would be some poetry added to the translation. But in the book there are footnotes to other books about relating to the events, and they seem to line up chronilogically as far as I know. Where did you hear of any fabrication, as I would like to fact check it and bring it up in class.....do I dare lol. Maybe I have yet to get to those parts. The Author's daughter transcribed the conversations, and in the forward I read they are still available somewhere. Sure wish they could have recorded them, and let others translate. [COLOR="silver"][SIZE=1]- - - Updated - - -[/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=&quot]" Unfortunately, Neihardt is translating from information that is three times removed from the source. In effect, he is translating Enid’s translation of Ben’s translation of Black Elk’s vision. " I think this is the biggest problem. I still recommend it, I mean these guys were actually in the Battle of the Little Big Horn.[/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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