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Charging Elk

NPR
Published August 31, 2000 at 11:00 PM CDT

Novelist James Welch has a new novel called The Heartsong of Charging Elk, based on an Oglala Sioux Indian who was part of the cast of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. From this historical incident novelist James Welch has made his new work -- (1:30)
The Heartsong of Charging Elk is published by Doubleday.

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