
Nicholas Black Elk (Lakota Medicine Man, Catholic Saint?)
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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Hilda Nihart's Quotation About Lucy Lookstweiss
Hilda Nihart presented quotations attributed to Black Elk challenging his sincerity in the Christian faith. Hilda misrepresented Lucy Lookstweiss, claiming her to be a pipe carrier when she wasn't. She went out of her way to minimize Father Stilton Camp and his relationship with Lucy lookstweiss. Nicholas signed a letter which read: "In the last 30 years, I am different from what the white man wrote about me"
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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.
