Black Elk

Black Elk

Heȟáka Sápa (Black Elk) (December 1863 – August 19, 1950) was a famous Wičháša Wakȟáŋ (Medicine Man and Holy Man) of the Oglala Lakota (Sioux). He was Heyoka and a second cousin of Crazy Horse.

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