Black Elk
Black Elk
Heȟáka Sápa, commonly known as Black Elk, was a wičháša wakȟáŋ, 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.
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General Info
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Male
Date of Birth
December 1st, 1863
Age
161
Birth Place
United States of America, Wyoming
Date of Death
August 19th, 1950
Died Aged
86
Star Sign
Sagittarius
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