1863 - 1950
Black Elk American Writer
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Details
| First Name |
Black
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| Last Name |
Elk
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| Birthday |
1st December, 1863
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| Birthplace |
Little Powder River, Wyoming
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| Died |
19th August, 1950
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| Place of Death |
Pine Ridge, South Dakota, United States
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| Buried |
Saint Agnes Catholic Cemetery, Manderson, South Dakota
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| Zodiac Sign |
Sagittarius
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation Text |
Catechist
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| Occupation |
Writer
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Heȟáka Sápa, commonly known as Black Elk (December 1, 1863 – August 19, 1950), was a wičháša wakȟáŋ ("medicine man, holy man"), heyoka of the Oglala Lakota people and educator about his culture. He was a second cousin of the war leader Crazy Horse and fought with him in the Battle of Little Bighorn. He survived the Wounded Knee Massacre and traveled in Europe as part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. He converted to Catholicism, becoming a catechist and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rapid City opened an official cause for his beatification within the Roman Catholic Church in 2016. . However, it is said he renounced the religion for his traditional "pipe religion" on his death bed.
