
Nicholas Black Elk (Lakota Medicine Man, Catholic Saint?)
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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The Life and Times of Black Elk
In 1892, the year after the Ghost Dance War ended, Black Elk got married. His wife was named Katie Warbonnet and together they had three children. Then let's take another look at Black Elk's life, the rest of it this time. What should we know? The Jesuits began here really at the invitation of Chief Red Cloud in 1887.
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Transcript

Two popular books held Lakota medicine man Black Elk as an icon of native American spirituality. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli explore the truths those books suppressed about Nicholas Black Elk, especially his conversion and devout Catholic faith.
