Heȟáka Sápa [hɛˈxaka ˈsapa] commonly known as Black Elk (baptized Nicholas; December 1, 1863 – August 19, 1950 [1]), was a wičháša wakȟáŋ ("medicine man, holy man") and heyoka …

Apr 20, 2010 · As a young member of the Oglala Lakota (Sioux) tribe in 1876, Black Elk witnessed the Battle of Little Bighorn, in which Sioux forces led by Chiefs Sitting Bull and …

Dec 10, 2023 · Nicholas Black Elk, an Oglala Lakota Sioux warrior, visionary, and Catholic catechist, is known worldwide but has been misunderstood for decades, according to two …

Black Elk Speaks is a 1932 book by John G. Neihardt, an American poet and writer, who relates the story of Black Elk, an Oglala Lakota medicine man. Black Elk spoke in Lakota and Black …

Black Elk returned to Pine Ridge in 1889, the same year Congress passed an act further reducing the land of the Great Sioux Reservation by about half. He found his people worse off than …

Aug 5, 2020 · When he was nine years old in 1872, Black Elk, a member of the Lakota tribe, had a near-death vision in which he was called to save not only his people but all of humanity.

Heȟáka Sápa, commonly known as Black Elk, was a wičháša wakȟáŋ, heyoka of the Oglala Lakota people, and educator about his culture. Black Elk witnessed the great Battle of the …

May 10, 2024 · Black Elk (l. 1863-1950) of the Oglala Lakota Sioux was twelve years old at the Battle of the Little Bighorn on 25 June 1876. He gives his account of the famous conflict in the …

Black Elk was probably the most influential Native American leader of the twentieth century. His influence flows from the enduring beauty and power of his religious teachings, his lifetime of …

Black Elk (Hehaka Sapa) (c. December 1863 – August 19, 1950) was a famous Wichasha Wakan (Medicine man or Holy Man) of the Oglala Lakota (Sioux). He was heyoka and a second …