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 of the Oglala Lakota people.

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 Crazy Horse dealt a crushing...

Stranded in a strange land, Black Elk joined a rival wild west show and travelled across Europe, developing a relationship with a French woman before reuniting with Buffalo Bill and returning home. The Ghost Dance and Wounded Knee Massacre.

Jan 10, 2017 · Both witness and victim of this long ordeal was the Oglala Black Elk, who took the Christian name of Nicholas, became a Catholic in about 1904 and served as a catechist until 1930, when his...

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 Little Bighorn in 1876 when he was 13. He was born on the Little Powder River in December 1863, the son of Black Elk and Sees the White Cow.

Black Elk Wilderness trails see an upwards of 60,000 visitors a year and continues to grow. Black Elk Wilderness offers a variety of recreational opportunities including hiking, horseback riding, dispersed camping, hunting, and fishing.

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 work Black Elk Speaks (1932), and, even at a distance from the event, his memory is supported by earlier narratives.

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 Elk's son, Ben Black Elk, who was present during the talks, translated his …

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 engagement with the problems of his people, and the galvanizing effect of the book Black Elk Speaks on the revival of traditional religion and culture.

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 cousin of Crazy Horse. Black Elk participated, at about the age of twelve, in the Battle of the Little Bighorn of 1876, and was wounded in the Wounded Knee Massacre in 1890.