Neihardt-Black Elk Hike to mark 10 years since peak renaming
Annual Black Hills hike will commemorate Black Elk’s legacy and the 2016 renaming of Black Elk Peak
The John Neihardt-Black Elk Hike will celebrate its 10th anniversary May 30 at the Sylvan Lake Trailhead in South Dakota’s Black Hills, according to the Nebraska Examiner. The annual hike to Black Elk Peak commemorates the journey Lakota medicine man Black Elk and writer John Neihardt took to the summit decades ago, where Black Elk shared the vision later documented in the 1932 book “Black Elk Speaks.” The event also marks the 2016 renaming of the mountain from Harney Peak to Black Elk Peak.
According to the Nebraska Examiner, the hike will be led by members of the John Neihardt Foundation and descendants of Black Elk. Myron Pourier, a great-great grandson of Black Elk, said the event reflects the relationship that led to the publication of “Black Elk Speaks.” Organizers said the hike will begin with a program featuring Pourier and Walt Duda, a longtime leader of the Neihardt Foundation.
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