Foreword by Vine Deloria Jr.
Preface to the 1932 edition
Preface to 1961 edition
Preface to 1972 edition
The offering of the pipe
Early boyhood
The great vision
The bison hunt
At the soldiers' town
High Horse's courting
Wasichus in the hills
The fight with Three Stars
The rubbing out of Long Hair
Walking the black road
The killing of Crazy Horse
Grandmother's land
The compelling fear
The horse dance
The dog vision
Heyoka ceremony
The first cure
The powers of the bison and the elk
Across the big water
The spirit journey
The messiah
Visions of the other world
Bad trouble coming
The butchering at Wounded Knee
The end of the dream
Author's postscript
Appendix 1. Letter from Neihardt to Black Elk, 6 November 1930
Appendix 2. Comparison of the transcript and draft for the origin of the peace pipe
Appendix 3. Lakota words in the text
Appendix 4. John G. Neihardt beyond Black Elk / by Alexis N. Petri
Appendix 5. Neihardt and Black Elk / by Lori Utrecht
Appendix 6. A letter written by John G. Neihardt to Julius House, 10 August 1930
Appendix 7. A great Indian poet, 20 June 1931.