Nicholas Black Elk (Lakota Medicine Man, Catholic Saint?)
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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The Four Corners of the Earth
The Bible uses language that associates angels with aspects of the world. Black Elk saw spirits lesser than God or angels, as we would call them, associated with four directions. The Lakota Ghost Dancers believed Jesus would return but only for Indian people.
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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.
