The late Joseph Epes Brown was a professor of Religious Studies at the University of Montana. A renowned author in the fields of American Indian traditions and World Religions, Brown was one of the founders of Native American Studies and was largely responsible for bringing the study of these religious traditions into American higher education. His publications include The Sacred Pipe (1953), his famous recounting of the sacred rites of the Oglala Sioux. It was Frithjof Schuon who first suggested that Brown seek out Black Elk, the famous Lakota holy man who would become Dr. Brown’s primary source for that book. Schuon collected and preserved letters Brown wrote to him and other close friends while Brown was living with Black Elk. Excerpts from those letters are quoted in several books and articles.
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