
Nicholas Black Elk (Lakota Medicine Man, Catholic Saint?)
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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The Black Elk Speaks and the Sacred Pipe
In the 1930s and 1950s, two books were published about Lakota medicine man Black Elk. John Nihart's book, Black Elk Speaks, and Joseph Ebs Brown's book, The Sacred Pipe, were best-sellers. Jimmy Aiken: What did these books leave out and what's the truth about him? That's what we'll be talking about on this episode of Jimmy Aiken's Mysterious World.
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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.
