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Clifton DeSerca, a Sioux, lives and works in the modern world
but has strong ties to the last days of the free-roaming horseback
Native American of the plains. His great-grandfather was Black
Elk, a Sioux holy man whose autobiography is considered one of
the most important pieces of Native American literature. As a
young man, Black Elk participated in the battle of the Little
Big Horn. In his older years, he told his story to John G. Neihardt
who translated it into the classic Black Elk Speaks. DeSerca
serves his people by being involved in a reservation outreach
program working with alcoholics. He is portrayed here wearing
a Sioux headdress and a historic shirt from the trading-post
period. |