Author James Welch reads from his new novel “The Heartsong of Charging Elk” on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in Room 175 William Knight Law Center. The University Bookstore sponsors the event, which includes a book-signing.
As a young boy, Charging Elk witnessed his people’s massacre of Custer’s Seventh Cavalry at the Little Big Horn, followed by years of futile fighting and wandering until the Sioux were finally lured to the Pine Ridge reservation.
Attracted by the promise of freedom from captivity, Charging Elk joined Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show and traveled to France. Sickened and injured in a fall during a performance, Charging Elk awakens in a hospital to find himself abandoned and alone in an alien culture.
This is Welch’s fifth novel, including “Fools Crow,” which won the Los Angeles Times Book and the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Awards.
Bookreading shares tale of Sioux journey
August 22, 2000
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