Black Elk, Native American Elder and Writer(1863-1950)

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Black Elk (left) and family

Just the Facts:

• Name: Heȟáka Sápa
• Known as: Black Elk; later Nicholas Black Elk
• Birth: December 1, 1863, Powder River, Montana, USA
• Death: August 19, 1950, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota, USA
• Language: Lakota, English
• Who he was: Native American elder and writer; Black Elk Speaks (with John Neihardt)
• Included in lists (What's This?): GC

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