{"id":40171,"date":"2026-06-02T18:32:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T23:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/neihardt-black-elk-hike-to-celebrate-10th-anniversary\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T18:32:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T23:32:28","slug":"neihardt-black-elk-hike-to-celebrate-10th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/neihardt-black-elk-hike-to-celebrate-10th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Neihardt-Black Elk Hike to celebrate 10th anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Black Elk Peak, the tallest mountain in South Dakota\u2019s Black Hills, will host a hike on May 30, 2026.commemorating the collaboration that led to the book, \u201cBlack Elk Speaks,\u201d as well as the renaming of the peak a decade ago. (Paul Hammel\/ Nebraska Examiner)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

LINCOLN \u2014 One of the nation\u2019s most notable literary hikes will soon celebrate its 10th anniversary.<\/p>\n

The John Neihardt-Black Elk Hike will be held Saturday, May 30, beginning at 9 a.m. at the Sylvan Lake Trailhead in South Dakota\u2019s beautiful Black Hills.<\/p>\n

The hike up the 7,244-foot-high Black Elk Peak commemorates the trip Neihardt made with Black Elk \u2013 also on May 30 decades ago \u2013 to the top of the peak.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s where Black Elk, a Lakota medicine man, had his \u201cgreat vision\u201d that was made famous in the million-seller book by Neihardt, \u201cBlack Elk Speaks.\u201d<\/p>\n

The hike, led by members of the John Neihardt Foundation and Black Elk\u2019s descendants, also honors the renaming of the mountain from Harney Peak to Black Elk Peak in 2016.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe importance of this hike is to reflect on a foundation of brotherhood that culminated in the greatest story ever,\u201d said Myron Pourier, a great-great grandson of Black Elk.<\/p>\n

Basil Brave Heart along with Pourier led the effort to rename the peak, an effort supported by the Bancroft, Nebraska-based Neihardt Foundation.<\/p>\n

The four to five-hour hike will be preceded by a short program featuring Pourier and Walt Duda, a long-time leader of the Neihardt Foundation.<\/p>\n

John Neihardt is the \u201cpoet laureate in perpetuity\u201d of the State of Nebraska. He wrote many epic poems and books about heroic figures of the Great Plains. A state historical site dedicated to his works is located in Bancroft, along with a bronze statue depicting Neihardt interviewing Black Elk.<\/p>\n

Those interviews on the Pine Ridge Reservation led to the 1932 book, \u201cBlack Elk Speaks,\u201d which describes the demise of the free Plains Indian tribes from the Native American perspective.<\/p>\n

There has been a recent effort launched to have Black Elk declared a saint by the Catholic Church, led by his family and the Diocese of Rapid City. Black Elk converted to Catholicism and converted dozens of Native Americans. <\/p>\n

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Black Elk Peak, the tallest mountain in South Dakota\u2019s Black Hills, will host a hike on May 30, 2026.commemorating the collaboration that led to the book, \u201cBlack Elk Speaks,\u201d as well as the renaming of the peak a decade ago. (Paul Hammel\/ Nebraska Examiner) LINCOLN \u2014 One of the nation\u2019s <\/p>\n

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