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Also Known As John Gneisenau Neihardt
Born January 8, 1881 • Illinois
Died November 3, 1973 (aged 92) • Columbia • Missouri
Notable Works “A Cycle of the West” • “Black Elk Speaks”

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John G. Neihardt (standing) with a companion on the Missouri River
Black Elk (left) and John G. Neihardt, 1945
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