From Black Elk to the 21st century

Paul Schultz, a former president of the National Indian Lutheran Board, advocate for Native Americans, tribal elder and faith healer in the White Earth band of the Anishinaabe (Chippewa) tribe in Minnesota, died March 19. Schultz, 66, died at his residence in White Earth, Minn.

We've been reading Black Elk, thinking about the "fate" of Lakota people in the late 19th and early 20th century, imagining their struggles, thinking about the survival and changes in their culture.  This obituary of a contemporary Anichinaabe is a reminder that the struggles are not over, that changes continue, that both of those are parts of survival.  No doubt someone could write a revealing account of the history of mid- to late-20th century Native American life through the story of Paul Schultz' life.  For, now a read of this obituary is instructive.