Heȟáka Sápa (Black Elk) (December 1863 – August 19, 1950) was a famous wičháša wakȟáŋ (medicine man and holy man) of the Oglala Lakota (Sioux). He was Heyoka and a second cousin of Crazy Horse. Read full biography of Black Elk →
I looked below and saw my people there, and all were well and happy except one, and he was lying like the dead - and that one was myself.
I looked about me once again, and suddenly the dancing horses without number changed into animals of every kind and into all the fowls that are, and... →
I know now what this meant, that the bison were the gift of a good spirit and were our strength, but we should lose them, and from the same good... →
When I got back to my father and mother and was sitting up there in our tepee, my face was still all puffed and my legs and arms were badly swollen;... →
A good nation I will make live.
Heȟáka Sápa (Black Elk) (December 1863 – August 19, 1950) was a famous wičháša wakȟáŋ (medicine man and holy man) of the Oglala Lakota (Sioux). He was Heyoka and a second cousin of Crazy Horse.