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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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