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.AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
4min chapter
Nicholas Black Elk (Lakota Medicine Man, Catholic Saint?)
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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"
00:00
Transcript
Episode notes
Get the Snipd
podcast app
Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
AI-powered
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode
Save any
moment
Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways
Share
& Export
Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more
AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode