Foreword

Introduction to the New Edition

Introduction to the British Edition

I "I Used to Be Her Horse"

II When the Hundred Died

III The New Medicine Power

IV Wandering to Mourn

V Was the Great Voice Angry?

VI Chased by a Cow

VII Going on Vision Quest

VIII "Hold Fast; There is More!"

IX The Old Bull's Last Fight

X The Boys Who Had Sister Trouble

XI Helping a Brother-Friend

XII The Mysterious Mother-Power

XIII Four Against the Crows

XIV "Am I Greater Than the People?"

XV The Sun Dance

XVI Thanking the Food

XVII The Woman Four Times Widowed

XVIII Falling Star, the Savior

XIX The Labors of the Holy One

XX The Battle in the Blizzard

XXI The Cleansing of a Kills-Home

XXII Why the Island Hill Was Sacred

XXIII Fighting the Gray Fox

XXIV "It Was a Great Victory"

XXV The Woman Who Died Twice

XXVI The Moon of Black Cherries

XXVII The Dark Hills of Water

XXVIII In the Village Called Pars

XXIX The Girl's Road

This book was originally published as When the Tree Flowered: An Authentic Tale of the Old Sioux World.

John G. Neihardt (1881-1973) is known internationally for Black Elk Speaks and is a noted author in several genres. He is the author of A Cycle of the West and Knowledge and Opinion, both available from the University of Nebraska Press. Coralie Hughes is the granddaughter of John G. Neihardt and the head of the Neihardt Trust. Raymond J. DeMallie is the author or editor of numerous books, including The Sixth Grandfather: Black Elk's Teachings Given to John G. Neihardt, available in a Bison Books edition.